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• Melissa Kessler, MA, PCC

 I saw the movie “Arrival” a few weeks ago. It had two very strong messages: 1) the need for humanity to unite in order to survive and 2) this question: Read More

• Melissa Kessler, MA, PCC

Last week, I conducted a two-day conflict management workshop with a group of 40 government civilian and military leaders. (What timing!) We discussed the different conflict modes according to the Read More

• Melissa Kessler, MA, PCC

I am in the midst of my heaviest workload ever. I am conducting eight days of workshops in three different states over a three-week period. Last week I was in Read More

 I recently facilitated a workshop on increasing leadership influence to a group of engineers. According to the book, “The Likeability Factor” by Tim Sanders, we all go through a 3-step Read More

Over the past couple of months, I have experienced some very big changes in my life. My parents moved from Southwestern Michigan, a couple of hours away to Arizona – Read More

 This past month, I taught several stress management workshops. I thought I would share one of the concepts that people find most helpful: the ABC model from “Stress Management for Read More

Last week, I had the honor and privilege of hearing Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, author of the books What Got You Here Won’t Get You There and Triggers, speak at the Read More

I’m currently reading Tony Robbins’ new book “Money – Master the Game” and he talks about the six drivers we all have as humans: 1) certainty/comfort; 2) variety; 3) significance Read More

Recently, I’ve conducted a couple of workshops on managing change and transitions based upon the work of William Bridges. Nearly all organizations experience and implement significant changes on a regular Read More

This past month, I conducted a workshop on increasing employee engagement with two awesome groups of managers: one at Pratt Miller Engineering and the other at the National Energy Technology Read More