5 Signs That You’re in a Toxic Company Culture

by MaryBeth Hyland | Oct 2, 2017 | Culture, Emotional Intelligence, Engagement, Experience, Leadership, Mindfulness

5 Warning Signs of a Toxic Workplace and How to Protect Yourself We’ve all been there…showing up to our job with all the best intentions for having a productive and positive day….and then, seemingly out of nowhere, we’re emotionally slammed by someone else’s bad...

Reflections on a New Kind of Sisterhood

by MaryBeth Hyland | Sep 22, 2017 | Emotional Intelligence, Engagement, Experience, Leadership, Reflection

Celebrating Two Years of Empowering Female Leadership and Embracing Sisterhood as an Entrepreneur As I just celebrated my 2nd-year anniversary as the Founder of SparkVision, I am filled with the desire to reflect on the unexpectedly wild and fulfilling journey this...

Lessons from 70 Years of Love

by MaryBeth Hyland | Sep 19, 2017 | Emotional Intelligence, Experience, Reflection, Values

70 Years of Love: Timeless Lessons from My Grandparents’ Extraordinary Marriage September 13th is always a day that I feel immense gratitude. It’s the day that reminds me each year of what love truly looks like – my grandparents anniversary. My...

Total Eclipse of the Soul

by MaryBeth Hyland | Aug 22, 2017 | Culture, Diversity, Emotional Intelligence, Engagement, Experience, Inclusion, Leadership, Millennial, Personalities, Race, Reflection, Values

This past weekend, something profound happened. Twelve incredible women from diverse backgrounds came together for a retreat in Deep Creek Lake. Most of them didn’t know more than one other person, yet they enthusiastically trusted me and my partner, Nakeia Drummond,...

Culture Keeper or Killer: Which are You?

by MaryBeth Hyland | Aug 8, 2017 | Culture, Emotional Intelligence, Engagement, Experience, Leadership, Personalities

How to Identify Culture Keepers and Culture Killers in Your Workplace: A Guide to Enhancing Company Culture When I started SparkVision, I found it was much harder than I realized to translate workplace culture into phrasing that was both productive and relatable....

3 Free Quizzes

by MaryBeth Hyland | Jul 25, 2017 | Culture, Diversity, Emotional Intelligence, Engagement, Leadership, Mindfulness, Personalities, Reflection

Discover the Top 3 Free Personality Quizzes to Better Understand Yourself and Your Team I can’t seem to avoid conversations these days about which “personality test” to give their prospective and new employees to see if and how they’ll be a...