I’m a little obsessed with culty things. As a creator of brands and communications strategist for 15+ years, I’m fascinated by the psychology of what makes a brand gain cult-like status… and what convinces people to cling despite problems ranging from defective merchandise to murder. Even armed with a comms degree, I’m not immune to influence. Apple, Lululemon, The […]
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We’re all familiar with the Karen meme: the middle-class, middle-aged, suburban white woman with the choppy blonde haircut who finds her significance through elevating insignificant situations. Karen takes up the floor at the school board meeting. Karen calls the cops on brown people for being law-abiding citizens. Karen wants to speak to the manager. Karen is a great concept in
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Last week, I had the pleasure of meeting a new client: a company’s new CEO had hired me to train his executive team on working on the business versus working in the business. Boom! No problem; that concept is what we coach people on every day at Pregame. Still, I had pre-performance nerves. It was
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Last month, 52Limited and Radius ECD hosted a virtual event featuring my new talk, Accelerating Trust on Teams, as part of their Cultivating Psychological Safety at Work series. [Download the Presentation PDF: Ciara Pressler – 52Limited 2020.11] Who’s your business therapist? Trust starts and ends with relationships. It’s vital to have people you can go to when you
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I feel like I am living life with an asterisk at the end of every sentence. When someone asks, “How are you doing?”, I want to respond, “I’m good* (*I was struggling this morning and am concerned about what may happen in a few hours, but right now… I’m good).” We are all living in
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#30Lessons30Years I turned 30 last month. To celebrate, I’m sending you 30 invaluable lessons I’ve learned along the way… 1. There’s No End, Only the Journey (01:00) 2. No One Knows What the F**k They’re Doing (1:45) 3. It Doesn’t Matter if You Have the Right Answer (2:02) 4. Conversations Are Proportional to Quality of
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We’ve all been in some level of quarantine for the past seven months; that’s not news. As a family of one, my bubble stayed small. My next door neighbors were a godsend, and I set up regular Zooms almost daily to stay in connected with friends, family, and colleagues. Summer introduced more opportunities to connect with
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