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Do Your Job Descriptions Fit Those Who Are Job Hunting? Sep 08, 2020

The importance of a job description is often underestimated. At times, it seems like it is one of those documents that should be created to satisfy a checklist but it is actually very important to those who are job hunting. Writing job descriptions is not as fun as creating a dynamic group...

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Feature Friday Sep 04, 2020

This week’s Feature Friday is highlighting WIFA Women, Dawn Dever Thelen and Deborah Rothschild!

Dawn is a Chattanooga-based certified personal trainer and licensed sports nutrition and health coach. She is an energetic professional with a fitness and corporate background. She possess...

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Team Leadership in a Time of Crisis Sep 01, 2020

Everyone will respond in their own way to crisis. Change is not easy for most people and having no certainty or control over key aspects of your life is certainly challenging for all of us.

In a time of extreme crisis in the health and fitness industry, how do we lead well? The lack of ability to...

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Feature Friday Aug 27, 2020

This week’s Feature Friday is highlighting WIFA Women, Anna Taggart and Kathy Giannetti!

 

Anna graduated from Virginia Tech in May 2016 with my Master's degree in Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise. She worked as the Graduate Assistant of Fitness there for 2 years. Prior to...

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My Top Resources to Pivot, Grow, and Expand Your Business and Reach Aug 25, 2020

Fam - there is nothing I love more than a good list. I love making lists, I LOVE checking things off to-do lists, and I love reading “10 Best” or “Top Things” lists. It’s the Type A, organizational monster in me that finds information contained in a well-organized...

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Feature Friday Aug 21, 2020

This week’s Feature Friday is highlighting WIFA Women, Jody Hinman and Elizabeth Schenk!

Jody is a top-performing sales and operations leader with 10+ years experience managing profitability, direct reports, and high-level hospitality in the health and fitness industry. She is known for...

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Leading a Group Ex Team Aug 18, 2020

Those of us that love Group Exercise know the value that it can bring to a club or studio. There are many stats that speak to the benefits of Group Ex, such as increased retention, higher attendance and more referrals. Group Exercise showed its worth when Covid struck. Who kept our members...

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Finding the Balance in Creation v Consumption Aug 11, 2020

One of my 2020 goals was: “create more than I consume.” It was a phrase I had heard here and there, and resonated with me so much in December/January. I had SO many BIG ideas for 2020 (lol) and I couldn’t wait to create, create, create.

And then the world changed completely....

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Feature Friday Aug 07, 2020

This week’s Feature Friday is highlighting WIFA Women, Jaime Glassman R. Kin and Maureen Fellez!

 

Jamie's vision started as a Karate Instructor in high school. She always knew she was passionate about impacting the lives of others and creating a positive change and that has...

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The Power of Mentorship—The Spark for Igniting Your Influence Aug 04, 2020

To grow requires going beyond what you know, what you are comfortable and familiar with and even what you have learned from any lived experiences you have had. This will test you by asking you to go outside your comfort zone which can get un-comfort-able. But know that...

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Feature Friday Jul 31, 2020

This week’s Feature Friday is highlighting WIFA Women, Stephanie Erazo and Sammi Gaudreau!

 

After 7 years as a CNN Producer, Stephanie made her main focus her longtime passion for fitness and wellness. She traveled to India to study meditation and yoga, and felt inspired to share...

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A Follow Up Letter From a WOC to the Fitness and Wellness Industry Jul 28, 2020

In my original letter to the fitness industry it was easy to list the instances of racism I’ve experienced. What wasn’t easy was what came after. The emotionally and mentally draining conversations, constantly having to advocate, being gaslit, always having to explain the...

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