Peaceful Direction Resource Library

When you’re having trouble believing in yourself, believe the people who hired you.

Sandwiching criticism between compliments is confusing and counterproductive.

Tom Henschel of The Look & Sound of Leaders podcast shows us how to use sorting and labeling to make more sense.

More than ever, people need the psychological safety to share what’s on their minds and to feel heard. Here's how to take your active listening skills to the next level.

What is active listening, why is it important and how can you improve this critical skill? These useful active listening examples will help address these questions and more.

Everything you need to know about the barriers Black women face at work—& what companies can do about it.

Fast Company Writer Pavithra Mohan shares some strategies to help you embrace the challenge and address conflict and difficult conversations head on.

Even after writing eleven books and winning several awards, Maya Angelou couldn't escape the doubt that she hadn't earned her accomplishments. This feeling of fraudulence is extremely common. Why can't so many of us shake feelings that our ideas and skills aren't worthy of others' attention? Elizabeth Cox describes the psychology behind the imposter syndrome, and what you can do to combat it. [TED-Ed Animation by Sharon Coleman].

We’ve all been there— you spend an exorbitant number of hours on a proposal or presentation for work— revising, reworking, crossing every T and dotting every I. You walk into the meeting, maybe you’ve listened to your favorite song to pump you up (Lizzo? Queen?), completed your requisite power pose

Video chat platforms have design flaws that exhaust us. But there are easy ways to mitigate their effects.

There’s a reason why you feel like a fraud or failure at work

Employee engagement with http://callibrain.comThis is video review for Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenney, Ron McMillian, and Al Switzl...

In an attempt to work more effectively, we’ve accidentally deployed an inhumane way to collaborate.

You’re not too busy to do it.

New research reveals surprising truths about why some work groups thrive and others falter.

The Daring Leadership Assessment will help you gauge your strengths and opportunities for growth as a daring leader. Based on the work and research of Brené Brown.

Christine Tao, founder of Sounding Board coaching program, on her platform and how small business owners can benefit from leadership and executive coaching.

Journalist Alicia Menendez has noticed a problem: in the workplace, and in many aspects of their lives, women are forced into becoming inauthentic versions of themselves in order to be likeable. Her new book, 'The Likeability Trap: How To Break Free And Succeed As You Are,' examines how to avoid these traps. Menendez and guest host Elise Hu talked about creating more fulfilling personal relationships and a better workplace and how likeability plays into politics.

Amy Cuddy is New York Time’s Bestselling Author of Presence, an associate professor at Harvard and has the 2nd most viewed TED Talk. Researching social judgements, emotions, nonverbal behaviours, and hormones, Amy explains to audiences the role these variables play in shaping us. Her work on power posing – brief, nonverbal expressions of competence and power – has won praise worldwide. In her New York Times bestseller, Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges, Amy reveals how to use this cutting-edge science to become self-assured in high-pressure moments. Amy's work ...

Take a deep breath in and a long exhale out – feels good, doesn't it? Try our mindful breathing exercise video to help you feel more calm and present.

Why it’s happening almost a year after the shift to remote work — and what managers can do about it.