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Are Leadership Assumptions Stopping You from Being Open to Change?

As a leader, you likely got to where you are through a combination of competence, having the right skills, and knowing when to step into something new. But now, you may find that you aren’t as open to change as you were before assuming a leadership role. It may be...

How Acceptance and Emotional Regulation Can Prevent Burnout

When business leaders, managers, and high performers start to feel the stress of long hours and lack of institutional support, the problems can cascade throughout your entire organization. If absenteeism, high turnover, or detachment is beginning to set in in your...

Introducing Karen Sherwood, Psychoanalyst for Your Business

Stanislaw Consulting is excited to start 2026 off by announcing that Karen Sherwood is joining the executive coaching team as a partner to founder David Stanislaw. With a deep history of psychoanalytical training and experience, business ownership, and executive...

How to Be Honest With Yourself About Emotions at Work

Your emotions affect everything you do, including the way you interact with your coworkers and how you make decisions on the job. But many employees, team leaders, and even supervisors never take their emotions into account when doing their jobs. Here is how to be...

Do Your Advisors Have Swiss Cheese Consciences?

When you are working with a financial advisor or other fiduciary, you expect them to keep their focus on your company’s needs and your personal and professional goals. But gaps in morality and conflicting interests can cause some advisors to have Swiss cheese...

Who Can Excel at Resolving Conflict? 

Knowing the skills and strategies for healthy disagreement can help you excel at resolving conflict, no matter what your job title is.

Combating Hopelessness in the Workplace

When it comes to hopelessness in the workplace, negative feelings can lead to more than just a bad mood. If you are a manager, here is what you can do to put hope and purpose back in your employees’ work.

10 Steps to Succession Planning for Retiring Professionals

If you are a business professional of a certain age, you probably have at least one eye on retirement. Your primary concerns may be financial, but if you want your business to carry on while you are enjoying your free time, you may need to take a more active role in...

The Major Emotions that You Must Manage in Business

Here are some of the major emotions that you must manage in business, and how you can use emotional intelligence to address the issue and get everyone back to work.

Managing Optimism and Pessimism in Business

If you are managing a professional team, the people working for you will likely represent a range of optimism and pessimism. You may be worried that these differences will create conflict and interfere with the team’s work. But the truth is, effectively managing...
Business Exit Planning Tips for Retiring Executives

Business Exit Planning Tips for Retiring Executives

You have spent decades building your company and making it thrive. You’ve spent time, money, and effort making it the best it can be. Now, you are starting to consider retirement and looking for a return on that investment.  You need to find out what retiring...