Miche Rayment
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Abundance vs. Scarcity | The Thinking Styles that may Quietly be in the way of getting things done
Several times this week I found myself talking about a filter I use often, Abundance vs. Scarcity. Over the years of building healthy support networks and teams for business owners, I keep seeing repeated stumbling blocks in trusted relationships as it applies to this filter (including in my dynamics). These two kinds of thinkers frequently…
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Resetting Expectations in an Avalanche
I’m not comparing my kids and my parenting relationship to the employer/employee relationship… Alright. I guess I am.
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Breathe Together | What High-Performing Teams Are Actually Doing
About a year ago, I released a paper called The Culture of High-Performing Teams. In it, I sketched out four components I kept seeing in the best teams I’ve worked with, and alternately I kept not seeing in the ones that were struggling. The four components of a high-performing team? Self-accountability. Active validation of ideas.…
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The Hiring Team Member Nobody Prepared You to Be
You’ve Been Asked to Help Hire Someone. Now what? Seriously, being asked to be part of a hiring team is a big deal. It might not feel that way, especially if it was dropped in your lap between two other meetings, but make no mistake, your voice in this process genuinely matters. The people making…
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How to Stay Sane and Work with Others
Four Lenses for Designing Better Work Relationships Lately, one question keeps landing in my inbox: “What should I do about this relationship problem at work?” We all have that colleague—the one who introduces a little turbulence into the otherwise smooth flight of your project. (And, realize you could be that colleague!) Before you jump in,…
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Breaking It Down | Boundaries
Figure out when to make commitments and gracefully say no when you have to. There’s a powerful truth floating around the workplace: Where there are unclear expectations, there is drama. I heard that gem over fifteen years ago, and I’ve never stopped using it. It perfectly captures why we feel overwhelmed, why team balls get…
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What Am I Even Supposed to Be Doing? | A (Mostly Painless) Guide to Managing Up
Let’s be honest: some of the biggest red flags in a workplace don’t show up in metrics, they show up in meetings, side chats, and Slack messages that begin with a heavy sigh. You’ll hear it in statements like: These aren’t just complaints. They’re diagnostics. And they all point to one big, fixable issue: a…
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How to Hire for Culture Without Building a Cult
Founder & CEO at The Hire Effect™ July 16, 2025 (Yes, there’s a difference.) One of the most common pushbacks I hear when I talk about hiring for culture and skill is: “But isn’t that how you end up with a cult?” Fair. The word culture does, after all, contain the word cult, and I…
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Thank you leaders, for all the drama! With love ~ Two Wise Broads
By Miche Rayment & Diane Ratigan-Schmidt Two Perspectives, One Article Seriously, thank you! Without leaders creating a space for drama to happen, leaving their flaming reactions wherever they go, consulting firms like The Hire EffectTM and Holistic Team Wellness Consulting would be out of business. Today, we shed light on common themes where employees’ perspectives…