RaderCo is Reclaiming Workdays!

I’ve been in full speaking mode, helping over 800 accountants reclaim focus and manage remote work without feeling overwhelmed. Meanwhile, our Software Specialist, Dawn Bjork, led a brilliant session training Executive and Administrative Assistants at a biotech company on how to actually use Microsoft Copilot.

I say actually because let’s be honest, AI still has a ways to go.

Two things to remember with AI:

1. When companies roll out new software, you must provide training. Don’t expect your team to cobble it together from YouTube.
2. Ignore the shiny features that are still buggy. Dawn focused on what works right now and how to get value today, without wasting time or trust. AI isn’t magic. Sometimes, using your own brain is still faster.

Want to see an example of AI gone seriously wrong for me? Take a look at this LinkedIn post and see that AI has some serious biases. Creeptacular!

On the volunteer side, I’ve been dipping my toes into committee interest meetings for the National Speakers Association Carolinas chapter. I’m very intentional about how I spend my time - if I commit, I’m fully invested. That got me thinking… are YOU on a board or in a group where you’ve quietly become a spectator?

This is your nudge to recommit or step down with grace. Don’t just be a body taking up space.

Kevin and I celebrated our 27th wedding anniversary with dinner at the award-winning Tamasha Modern Indian restaurant and a night of laughing so hard my cheeks hurt the next day - watching Nate Bargatze perform at a local venue. Our ice cream tradition continues: Ben & Jerry’s, our first-date dessert, enjoyed every month on the 19th for 32 years-yes, that’s 324 months straight!

The heat kept us indoors, so we finished Squid Game (intense) and Apple Cider Vinegar (equally disturbing, but for different reasons). My views on the wellness industry wildly changed after reading The Gospel of Wellness by journalist Rina Raphael. If you haven't picked it up, I highly recommend it. Both my friend Amanda Chay and I edited sections in our books after reading Raphael's eye-opening bestseller.

When you get this, I’ll be wheels-up to the National Speakers Association conference in Scottsdale, Arizona (...because the surface of the sun was already booked?) Five full days of learning, keynotes, breakouts, karaoke, and (you better believe it) dancing until they kick us off the floor. Chance of finding sequins, leather, and glitter in my travel bag? #100%

On with the Weekender!

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PRODUCTIVITY POWER TIP Are you wasting your trainings? Popping in and out. Working on laptops. Leaders dropping by "just to say hi." It's time to STOP. These distractions hijack focus and kill the ROI of in-person learning. In this episode, I share the dos and don'ts of in-person trainings - for leaders and participants - so you can ALL get exactly what you paid for. LISTEN HERE (15-Min)

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