The Fierce Blog
How to Take Care of Your Mental Health During Times of Crisis
As we continue to deal with COVID-19, we are simultaneously experiencing the tumult, outrage, and heartache associated with racism. No matter where...
Being Uncomfortable: The Choice to Make when the World is Hurting
"We’ll make things better by seeing, by speaking, by doing the work. Even if it’s uncomfortable, especially when it is." ~ Seth Godin This quote is...
3 Steps to Help You Confront Your Boss
Confronting someone is scary. It can be even scarier to confront your boss. Often the anxiety you feel is strong enough to make you want to bury...
This is Why Emotions Belongs in the Workplace
In every Fierce workshop I facilitate or keynote I give, there is at least one point in time (and usually more) when I talk about emotions — why...
The Best Ways to Improve Your Workplace Communication
If you’re in Leadership & Development or HR, I can only begin to imagine how many conversations you’ve had (or with individuals on your team)...
5 Ways to Stop Conflicts from Ruining Work-Life Balance When Working From Home
As we rely more and more on digital means of communication — like email, instant messaging, and facetime — the concept of a "work-life balance"...
How to Overcome Conversation Chaos in the Digital Age
Having open, honest dialogue has always been critical for businesses. Now, more than ever, we are in unprecedented times because of the COVID-19...
This is Why Training is More Necessary Than Ever Right Now
"When you are in the middle of a story, it isn’t a story at all, but only a confusion; a dark roaring, a blindness, a wreckage of shattered glass...
7 Tips for Managing Unwanted Change in the Workplace
I previously worked for an organization that was expanding rapidly. As a result of this expansion, many large-scale changes were taking place,...
We’re in This Together: A Message on COVID-19
Dear clients, friends, and family of Fierce, Given the current situation with the coronavirus, we wanted to write to you, our loyal Fierce...
3 Easy Steps to Overcome Your Fear of Feedback
Have you ever had one of those negative “suddenly” moments in your career? A time when you thought you were headed toward one result and instead,...
This is Why Career Plans are Bad for Employees
Organizations must prioritize professional development if they want to retain talent. It's that clear cut and simple. This statement was...
This is What’s Missing from Your Talent Strategy
One of the biggest misses by organizations large or small is creating AND maintaining a winning talent strategy. Over the past several years,...
How to Intentionally Build a More Inclusive Workplace
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) has become a hot topic in 2020. I care deeply about diversity, and as a Mexican-American woman,...
The Best Way to Manage Difficult Conversations at Work
The start of a new year (not to mention a new decade) often comes with a new set of resolutions and meaningful changes we want to make in our lives,...
