Resources

What? A series of questions that promote reflective judgment and enable you to question your assumptions about knowledge and its certainty. The technique is based on the Reflective Judgment Model, a stage-based theory used to understand knowledge assumptions and constructs.  Why? Without reflection, we often operate based on taken-for-granted frames and long-held assumptions. By exploring […]

  Mindfulness is a hot topic. Mindful leadership is on most leadership conference agendas. Everyone from Bill George, Oprah Winfrey, and Phil Jackson to CEO Magazine and the Dalai Lama suggest it’s becoming more difficult to survive without it. Mindfulness is particularly important for leaders who operate in complex work environments, engage with diverse groups […]

Leadership experts, Dr. Filomena Warihay and Dr. Rosaria Hawkins, co-authored this article published by Training Magazine. In it they explain the 5 critical foundations of mindful leadership development.

In this article published by Training & Development Magazine, Consultant Philip Friedrich writes about one powerful strategy for maximizing the benefits of giving and receiving feedback: viewing it as a gift. Read on for the whole article.

In this highly informative article, featured in the Integral Leadership Review, Ria Hawkins, Ph.D., discusses the powerful benefits mindful leadership practices can have on organizations.

Think you know all there is to know about our President, Dr. Hawkins? In this article, featured in Main Line Today Magazine, you get a taste of her life. Read on to learn more.

Dr. Hawkins is quoted in this article featured on MSN Careers. Check out what she says bosses really want from their employees.

Studies show that managers spend about 50 % of their time in meetings! In this article published in the April/May/June issue of the Voice, Dr. Hawkins writes about how to make the most of your meetings with a few mindful strategies so that it is time well spent.

In this article published by Training Magazine, president Ria Hawkins teams up with fellow senior consultant Jennifer Lee, as well as Sheree Butterfield of Butterfield Associates, to talk about using coaches in a tightly structured program for junior managers. Follow the link the read the article in its entirety.

Books on leadership are a mainstay on best-seller lists, but what sets Joy Rules! apart is its unique thesis: effective leadership goes hand-in-hand with joy in the workplace. Joy Rules!, the 2010 Readers Favorite Business Book, is a self-help business book unlike any other. It reveals in 30 quick and easy lessons the proven techniques exemplified by the world’s most successful leaders on how to win by having fun. Joy Rules! is all about how managers are able to keep productivity high even when spirits are low. It is a synthesis of the author’s 30 years of consulting experience with extraordinary managers and true stories of high performing organizations. It is about passion, compassion, leadership and love. Fear not! Joy Rules! is not a hippy-drippy kind of book. It provides specific tips, tools and techniques to promote deep caring coupled with tough-mindedness. Joy Rules! is every manager’s how-to guide for building a work environment where people are engaged and empowered, action-oriented and accountable, and trusting and trusted.

Check out this article in Axiom News featuring Take Charge. President Ria Hawkins, Ph.D., discusses the powerful outcomes our company reaps from practicing Holacracy. Read on to see how this simple strategy has improved the quality of our meetings.

In this Axiom News article, Ria Hawkins, Ph.D. is interviewed about the link between Holocracy and Mindful Leadership. Holacracy has helped Take Charge “practice what we preach,” read on to see how the new operating systems has helped our business build a solid framework for future growth.

The Philadelphia Human Resources Planning Society recently published this article, written by Ria Hawkins, Ph.D. In it, Dr. Hawkins discusses the changing face of leadership and the number one challenge facing HR professionals around the globe: Leadership development. Read the full article to discover three strategies for developing more mindful leaders. Click on the link for the full article.

In this article, published in The Voice, our president Ria Hawkins, Ph.D., talks about the need for organizations and leaders to change in an ever changing world.  The article challenges leaders to see the world anew and provides tactics for achieving new levels of leadership.  Click on the link for the full article.