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• Melissa Kessler, MA, PCC

In Brene Brown’s book Rising Strong, she talks about what gives people the strength to get back up and try again after falling down. This resiliency comes from the ability Read More

• Melissa Kessler, MA, PCC

If you are not using assessments in your recruiting process and employee development program, you are missing out. I have used many different assessments for leadership and team development for Read More

• Melissa Kessler, MA, PCC

In this age of fast-pace, high-demand, and growing-workload, we are all stretched more than ever before. We have shorter fuses, less patience, and more frustration both at work and at Read More

• Melissa Kessler, MA, PCC

Too often lately we hear about a suicide in Hollywood or in our own communities. It has become an epidemic. I do not claim to be an expert on this Read More

• Melissa Kessler, MA, PCC

Most of us have no idea how we come across to others or what people think of us. Why? Because most people won’t tell us. Instead they talk behind our Read More

• Melissa Kessler, MA, PCC

May newsletter focused on the costs of incivility in the workplace to the recipients, the offenders, and their organizations. STRESS is the main cause of incivility. It makes us have Read More

• Melissa Kessler, MA, PCC

In the business world, does it pay to lift people up or hold people down?  Christine Porath presented a TED talk on this topic, which I will summarize in this Read More

• Melissa Kessler, MA, PCC

Negative images affect our energy level and our mood. Scientific research has proven that negative emotions actually change our blood chemistry and cause disease. (The Healing Field: Exploring Energy and Read More

• Melissa Kessler, MA, PCC

During the Affinity Group round table meeting I facilitated with business owners in January, one of the group members stepped out due to abdominal pain. An ambulance was called, and Read More

• Melissa Kessler, MA, PCC

Last week, I gave a talk on stress resilience to a group of young dentists in which I shared several methods for managing stress and increasing effectiveness. Dr. Brynn Jezdimir Read More