Archives for October 2018

Professionals will look to a compassionate leader to guide them, teach them, mentor them, and help them to flourish in their field and position. Because of all these factors, a leader is often thought to be a highly confident person and a person who can engage and communicate with the very best. With these traits in mind, it’s easy to see how extroversion and compassionate leadership go hand in hand. At Technalink we know that it’s not just extroverts that make great leaders, and introverts have plenty of unique qualities as well to make them stand out from the crowd. [Read more…]

When considering the interesting balance of compassionate leadership, we’re not talking about the usual work/life balance, but the balancing act you need to perform as a compassionate leader in the workplace. At Technalink, we recognize a somewhat unusual balance in compassionate leadership, and this one prioritizes people over physical work. This might seem odd, especially since you have to work to meet goals, but isn’t your primary position as a leader to be steering the crew of the ship to get you there? [Read more…]

Compassionate leadership not only creates a happier and more well-balanced workplace, but the traits of compassionate leaders also work to inspire. With true inspiration comes innovation and passion, and cultivating a compassionate workplace helps to make this true inspiration a natural thing. A few ways compassionate leadership traits inspire are: [Read more…]

Millennials officially took over as the largest generational group in the workforce in 2015, and by 2020 they’re expected to make up half of the workforce as a whole. While much of the focus up until this point has been on how to lead the millennial workforce, the tides are changing, and millennials are the compassionate leadership masters of the future. This doesn’t mean they don’t still face challenges, and it’s not always easy being the youngest leaders on the totem pole. The top 4 challenges millennials face in leadership, and how to overcome those challenges, are: [Read more…]

Women in business are expected to flawlessly and seamlessly take on many roles in life. As explained in The OM Factor, we’re expected to be businesswomen, mothers, daughters, friends, sisters, aunts, and homemakers all at once. So, how can women in business maintain a better balance? It’s important to remember that while you may take on many roles, you don’t have to be everywhere and everything all at once. [Read more…]

Mala prayer beads are a meditation tool that, once you give them a chance, you’ll struggle to think about meditating without them ever again. Mala beads have been used to strengthen meditative practices for thousands of years, and what they do is help to guide your meditation for a more natural focus on your affirmations. At Technalink, we also use mala beads to aid in introducing meditation into the workplace. By providing a simple to use tool, catching on to the practice of meditation and its many benefits is made much easier. 4 additional benefits of using mala prayer beads are: [Read more…]