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Performance Reviews & Keeping Your Self Worth!

15 Tuesday Oct 2013

Posted by Sarina in Anxiety, Career, Embrace Change, Goal Setting, Happiness, Liberation, Life Lessons, Motivation, Overcoming challenges, Self-determined, Self-limiting beliefs, Stress Strategies, Success Strategies, Workplace

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It’s performance appraisal time in the workplace. Don’t you just love being judged on what you’ve accomplished? Ah, yeah, not so much.

Truth be told, as a HR professional, I used to dread and really dislike the entire process –self-appraisal, performance review with my boss, how I was measuring up to my boss’ expectations, and receiving constructive feedback.

As a Recovering Perfectionist, I definitely get it. I wanted to be a Super Star in every aspect of my life, which isn’t possible. I wanted to achieve “exceeds expectations” rating basically on every objective, while demonstrating the values & behaviors. I was making myself crazy and causing unnecessary stress for myself.

Performance Review process would almost always leave me thinking, “Was I good enough in my role and for this organization?”

I had [Continue Reading...]

Liberating Lessons from my Yoga Practice!

29 Monday Apr 2013

Posted by Sarina in Anxiety, Determination, Facing Fears, Fitness/Wellness/Health, Happiness, Healthy Lifestyle, Life Lessons, Living in the Moment, Runner, Self-limiting beliefs, Stress Strategies, Success Strategies, Workplace, Yoga

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If you’re anything like me and have moments of feeling overwhelmed, anxious, stressed, obsessed over the right approach and the end result, well I’ve got a secret for you to rock your world and give you back your liberation! However, before I get into this secret, let me share a work moment that recently happened.

Just a few weeks ago, I had an employee come down seriously annoyed about a coworker interaction she just had, and as a result, she was refusing to collaborate with this coworker any longer. It was definitely a case of a personality conflict/miscommunication. As in any HR employee relations matter, I allowed the employee to tell me what brought her down, asked her the appropriate questions and listened to what she had to say. We had [Continue Reading...]

Procrastination – I Won’t Let You Get the Best of Me!

05 Tuesday Jun 2012

Posted by Sarina in Anxiety, Career, College, Determination, Life Lessons, Motivation, Self-limiting beliefs, Stress Strategies, Workplace

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Just thinking about all the catch up I need to do can stress me out. Ever feel like this? Seriously, between finishing up work initiatives, social gatherings/events, writing projects, my book proposal, it can all get a little overwhelming.

Thinking about work, there have been times for me when I never thought I would ever catch up with Employee Relations notes. To elaborate further, Employee Relations is simply described as an issue in the workplace related to an employee, whether it is just that employee, between several employees, or even a more serious complaint made against another employee/management or the company.

When people ask me what do I do in my HR role, I typically respond that I manage every aspect of HR for the facility I support, which includes hiring, firing, [Continue Reading...]

Mission Resume Review Operation – HHH School to Business Partnership Event

27 Friday Apr 2012

Posted by Sarina in Career, College, Motivation, Self-determined, Students, Workplace

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Mission Resume Review Operation – Unlocking the Key to Opportunity!

About 6 weeks earlier
Where do we go from here?

Your mission should you choose to accept it…Will be Mission Resume Review Operation with the intent to provide insight of the ins and outs of creating an academic/professional resume done in an informal setting of High School Library.

Can you handle this mission?
Do you choose to accept this mission?

I’m pleased to do so as a Business Partnership Member. Thank-you for the assignment. I promise to do what I can to prepare the High School Students to the best of my ability with critiquing and providing insight on resume writing.

Present day
Here to report that last Thursday, April 19th, 2012, with over 50 Half Hollow Hills High School students in attendance and about 10 Partnership Members – the mission was accomplished!

It was the first of [Continue Reading...]

How to Prepare for Your Dream Job

18 Saturday Feb 2012

Posted by Sarina in Career, College, Motivation, Success Strategies, Workplace

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On last Thursday, February 9, 2012, I attended my first school advisory board event at Half Hollow Hills High School, where I facilitated roundtable discussions on Job interviewing. So thrilled I had the opportunity to interact with the students and to teach them about real expectations in the corporate world along with how to prepare for the job interview. Really noticeable was the enthusiasm and eagerness to learn that was exhibited from these business class students who attended this smaller more interactive event.

To begin with, the corporate world is so different than academia/college. Definitely keep your sense of wanting to make an impact within a company and to create change. However, recognize that it will probably take time maybe even a few years before you may be able to move [Continue Reading...]