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My purpose is to encourage the light within leaders to shine brighter. Yet, for so many of us, the feedback and evaluation process does...
Irene Salter, PhD
- May 27, 2022
- 11 min
How to Find Anger and Turn it into Rocket Fuel
Since childhood I’ve suppressed, hidden, and compartmentalized negative emotions like fear, sadness, and anger… especially anger. All...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Apr 20, 2022
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Feeling stuck? Seek a different perspective.
When was the last time you got to look down on your life and the world from a completely different perspective? I recently had the...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Apr 17, 2022
- 5 min
Five tips for navigating uncertain times
Navigating a chaotic, ever-changing, uncertain, risky, ambiguous, volatile landscape seems like standard operating procedure for many...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Apr 9, 2022
- 5 min
To be a leader, you don't have to be a superhero
As much as I love stories, the hero’s journey narrative arc never really felt like it was quite the right fit for me. Too...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Apr 4, 2022
- 6 min
On becoming an integrated leader
“What might integrated leadership look like for me?” That’s what one of the people who joined our women’s leadership retreat recently...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Mar 29, 2022
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That "look"
You know the one. There’s a “look” I got as an Asian female each time I walked into a board room full of superintendents in collared...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Feb 3, 2022
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How to manage your email
Email Stress The first email was sent 50 years ago. Today, it’s ever so easy for email to become a source of tremendous stress,...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Jan 30, 2022
- 9 min
What Leaders Need Right Now
Since October, I’ve been engaged in a mini-research project trying to understand the needs of the leaders I serve. I had a hunch that...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Jan 4, 2022
- 9 min
Touchstone for 2022
This year, rather than setting a goal, creating a vision board, or making a New Years resolution, consider choosing a single word to...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Dec 21, 2021
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How to slow down your frantic, overwhelming holiday season
Stacking. Dysregulation. Stress. Recentering. Visions. Armor. A lot has happened since Thanksgiving. My family spent a glorious...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Nov 29, 2021
- 10 min
How to Nurture Imagination, Creativity & Insight in your Brain
Imagination is a powerful thing. It can reduce stress. It can help achieve your goals. It can allow you to escape reality for a time and...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Nov 22, 2021
- 10 min
Ode to Being Phoneless (Part 2 - The Strategies)
If you haven’t read the original story about my phone being stolen, you may wish to read Part 1 of Ode to Being Phoneless first. Quick...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Nov 18, 2021
- 7 min
Ode to Being Phoneless (Part 1 - The Lessons)
Modern day professionals like me rely on our phones so much. They’re so much more than a simple piece of technology. We can practically...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Oct 20, 2021
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What If Your Shell No Longer Fits? Time to Molt!
Do you ever get stuck on a project, with a big goal, or in life? Do you sometimes feel like you’d rather hide under a rock than do that...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Oct 1, 2021
- 12 min
How to Realize an Impossible Dream
Some people seem to live impossibly dreamy lives and achieve things that appear completely unreachable for us normal human beings. I’m...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Sep 9, 2021
- 5 min
How to Invest in Yourself
I had a dinner table conversation with my daughter yesterday. My husband and I were talking about spending $5,000 on the kids’ education....
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Sep 1, 2021
- 7 min
I'm starting a movement. Join me!
2020 seemed like a dumpster fire of a year for many of us. How has this year been for you? These are the news headlines: COVID. Political...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Aug 25, 2021
- 6 min
The Price You Pay for Not Switching Off
I was about to apologize to you for not publishing a blog post in the past two months. But I won’t. Passionate leaders often find it’s...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Jun 26, 2021
- 9 min
Two Ways to Forge Your Leadership Compass
Captain Jack Sparrow: "True enough, this compass does not point north." Elizabeth Swann: "...Where does it point?" Captain Jack Sparrow:...
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