by Wendy McClellan | Aug 18, 2026 | Business World, Employee Engagement, Empowerment, HR & Company Policies, Leadership & Management, Productivity & Performance
Arizona in August is not for the faint of heart. The heat is relentless, the monsoon humidity creeps in, the complaining gets louder, and every team, from manufacturing floors to medical clinics to founder‑led startups,feels the drag. I am...
by Wendy McClellan | Jul 28, 2026 | Business World, Employee Engagement, Empowerment, HR & Company Policies, Leadership & Management
As July wraps up, I find myself doing a quiet end‑of‑month reflection. Maybe it’s the mid‑summer stillness that I used to replan the remainder of my year. Maybe it’s the natural pause before the panic of Q4. Or maybe...
by Wendy McClellan | Jul 21, 2026 | Business World, Employee Engagement, Empowerment, HR & Company Policies, Leadership & Management
The month of July gets a bad reputation with business owners and leaders. Too slow. Too many vacations. Too hot (ok, that is fair). Too many half‑days, half‑staffed weeks,...
by Wendy McClellan | Jul 14, 2026 | Business World, Employee Engagement, Empowerment, HR & Company Policies
Welcome to July, the month where your Teams Messages / Slack Channels are quiet, your office is half‑empty, and your project timelines suddenly feel like they’re held together with sunscreen and optimism. Leading in July requires a different kind of muscle:...
by Wendy McClellan | Jun 30, 2026 | Employee Engagement, Empowerment, HR & Company Policies, Leadership & Management
There’s a quiet truth I learned the hard way: my capacity isn’t infinite, and pretending it is doesn’t make you stronger, it makes you scattered. After crawling my way out of a mental crash (more than once), I finally understood something important: Boundaries...
by Wendy McClellan | Jun 23, 2026 | Business World, Employee Engagement, Empowerment, HR & Company Policies
There’s a moment every leader eventually faces: You look at your calendar, your inbox, your Teams messages, your text messages, and you realize… You’ve been sprinting for so long that you’ve forgotten what a sustainable...
