Janice’s Blog
Oprah’s SHRM 26 Message Confirmed What Employees Have Needed All Along
What’s the one thing Oprah learned after interviewing thousands of people?
Everyone wants to know:
“𝗔𝗺 𝗜 𝗢𝗞?”
At SHRM 26 Conference last week, she reminded us that managers are the custodians of culture and that people-first leadership still matters, perhaps now more than ever.
The Hidden AI Skills Gap: Emotional Readiness
I recently read an insightful article by Johnny C. Taylor Jr., CEO of Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), about the widening AI skills gap and what organizations must do now to prepare their workforce for the future.
Taylor made an important point: organizations can no longer rely solely on hiring external talent to close capability gaps. Instead, leaders must invest in developing the people they already have.
I agree.
How Can a Coach Help Me Avoid Burnout at Work?
Early in my career, I found myself in a job that wasn’t a fit.
I felt stuck, frustrated, and unsure of what would come next. A coach didn’t solve my problems for me, but she helped me focus on something far more important: what I could control.
Why Am I Burned Out When I’m Smart Enough to Handle this Job?
I’m overwhelmed with so much work. If I’m smart enough to do my work, why can’t I figure out how to handle these feelings of burnout?
Have you ever caught yourself thinking like this?
Many high performers do.
Psychological Safety is Key to Banishing Burnout
Burnout isn’t just an employee issue — it’s an organizational one.
Janice Litvin Named to Top 50 California Speaker
I am honored and thrilled to be named in the Top 50 Keynote Speakers of California list for 2026.
May is Mental Health Month
What is Mental Health Awareness Month and why do we care? When many organizations think “wellness” they think physical health. Mental health is health, a critical part of well-being. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness has set a theme for this year’s goals, “Stigma grows in silence. Healing begins in community.” I’m a huge proponent of operating as a community in our work lives and our personal lives. You probably know by now that social connections deliver a key happiness chemical,...
Meet Your New AI Co-worker
Just imagine an org chart in which your AI Agents are part of your team, and need to be managed.
Meet your new co-worker, Robby, the Robot.
I met this robot at the SHRM AI+HI Conference, where the conversations were all about AI, HI and the future of work.
Why Company Culture Is the Ultimate Talent Magnet
When you think of workplace well-being, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?
For me, it’s culture.
Because no wellness initiative can survive inside a culture that quietly burns people out. And no recruiting strategy works if the environment people walk into doesn’t match the story they were sold.
Manager as Mentor
As I’ve said many times before, burnout prevention starts at the top.
Where does it land from there?
With the middle manager.
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