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Wicked at the Durham Performing Arts Center

Check out my new article on HuffPo, can you do something local like this to support artists and entrepreneurs? Be the change you want to see in your community!

As I connect with the introspective energy of the winter season, I find that I am grateful to be living in the state of North Carolina. Over the years, I’ve found that my local area, known collectively as the Triangle, has blossomed in a balanced way, keeping a sense of decorum and dignity in a world that seems to be going mad lately. Sure there are struggles here in the state like everywhere else, but in spite of the situation, what stands out the most are the people here who are quick to reach out and help others and pull together with a strong entrepreneurial spirit. It may the most valuable resource that the state has, for when we invest in people, we invest in the future of the community….

READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE HERE ON THE HUFFINGTON POST

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*~Kala~*

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While we are all working so diligently every day as entrepreneurs and with our career aspirations, it’s easy to forget to take a few moments for ourselves to regain our balance and perspective. Taking a few minutes for a mental break can recharge us on every level and open the mind to greater ideas when we return to tackle the next item of business.

With this in mind, I’ve written an article on how to take empowering Ten Minute Bliss Breaks to restore your energy. Studies are showing that taking a few minutes to rest, relax and visualize how to solve the problems around you, actually benefit the body, mind and spirit.

This concept has worked for a few visionaries that you may have heard of, including Einstein and Edison. Try it for yourself! I offer step by step instructions in my article on the Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kala-ambrose/meditation-tips_b_869454…

Wishing you all the best,
*~Kala~*

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About Kala Ambrose…

Noted wisdom teacher, author, intuitive, inspirational speaker, and host of the Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show, Kala Ambrose’s teachings are described as discerning, empowering and inspiring. Whether she’s speaking with world-renowned experts on the Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show, writing about empowering lifestyle choices, reporting on new discoveries in the scientific and spiritual arenas or teaching to groups around the country, fans around the world tune in daily for her inspirational musings and lively thought-provoking conversations.

Kala is the author of three books including the award-winning 9 Life Altering Lessons: Secrets of the Mystery Schools Unveiled (Reality Press 2007), Ghosthunting North Carolina (Clerisy Press 2011) and The Awakened Aura: Experiencing the Evolution of Your Energy Body (Llewellyn Worldwide 2011). A highly interactive teacher on a mission to educate, entertain and inspire, Kala presents workshops nationally on the Mind/Body/Spirit connection including Auras and Energy Fields, Developing Business Intuition, and Wisdom Teachings at the Omega Institute, the Learning Annex, LilyDale Assembly, and online in Webinar presentations including John Edward’s InfiniteQuest. More info at ExploreYourSpirit.com

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Unhappy workers leaving corporate jobs in droves

Employers, let me tell it to you straight. No need for future predictions on this one from the Oracle, the future is here and I’ve been teaching about this for years now. According to Business News Daily.com a recent survey reveals that 84 percent of American employees plan to look for new jobs in 2011.  If this news isn’t disturbing enough to you, it also says that only 5 percent of employees want to stay at their current position.

Why Would They Leave Me You Ask…

Despite the tough economy, many corporate workers are packing up from their cubicles and fleeing from corporate America in high numbers and at this point, I see the trend only growing. The reasons are endless, low salaries, no raises in years, decreased health benefits, the removal of bonuses and incentives, all while being asked to work longer hours and take on the work of others who quit or were fired. All of these items contribute to one of the largest numbers ever recorded of unhappy and dissatisfied Americans in the work force. A recent poll at CBS News reported that one in every four workers feel that they have worse opportunities than their parent’s generation. According to a study from the Conference Board research group, over 55 percent of American workers report that they are dissatisfied with their work.

Asking To Do Too Much With Too Little

For the past several years, employees were willing to pitch in and join the corporate mantra of doing more with less, most feeling lucky to have a job during the economic downturn, but the mantra has been abused and the conscious tide is now turning. More people are leaving their corporate jobs to take other jobs which pay less, but give the employee a greater work/life balance.

Even more importantly, these employees are saying that they feel more appreciated in the smaller businesses by their employers, which leads to greater job satisfaction. Large corporate environments now feel cold, heartless, and sterile. In many cases, employees are reduced to badge numbers and worked like mules until they drop with little appreciation for their efforts. Those who can live without the kudos for a job well done, are leaving to make more money elsewhere or to start businesses of their own.

Many employers are quick to blame the economic recession for the problem, but studies report that workers have not been happy in corporate jobs since the early 1990′s.

What’s Leading the Turn of Events

There’s an old saying, when you take everything away from a person, they have nothing left to lose.  Corporations have pushed the envelope too far with their workers. As fuel prices have gone up, so have the cost of utilities, food and gas. Rather than investing in their employees as the future of the company, recognizing them as the innovators who can turn the market back around, many corporations have abused employee loyalty and capitalized on their fear of losing their job and having nowhere else to go.  Rather than investing in the precious commodity of loyal employees and providing environments to stimulate new ideas and innovation, many employers instead cut benefits, eliminated raises, and found ways to quietly state that the 60 hour work week has become the new norm in many companies if you want to keep your job.

While senior management, VP’s and CEO’s continue to beat the war drums on the huddled masses, their pockets are being stuffed with inflated bonuses with the widest gap in salaries ever reported between CEO and employee levels. Upper management is disconnected from the fact that their employees are struggling to make ends meet, most with two income families and still facing economic shortages in their household. Long gone are the plans for retirement, college and vacations, most workers are focused on living paycheck to paycheck and keeping creditors at bay, while struggling to repair older cars, worn out appliances, and homes in need of renovation.

Future Trends

In my work as a Business Intuitive/Oracle, many of my clients come to me ready to leave the very corporations that I mention here. They share with me how they have become stressed to the point that everything in their life begins to fall apart. They are forced to work so much overtime at work, including nights and weekends responding to emails and catching up on work, that they have neglected their children and spouses and their physical health and mental and emotional well-being has also taken its toll.  They’re not sleeping well, some are mildly depressed and their stress levels are at an all time high.

There’s no outlet at work for them to express their dissatisfaction, rather they are only asked to do more and take on the work of others as well as their own. Their stress level is further increased by managers asking them to get the work done in half the time, as the disconnect between employees, managers and VP’s has grown in many corporations to epidemic levels.

Faced with the prospect of returning to another long day and evening in the office with no retirement benefits, except risky 401K’s that may or may not profit when it’s time to retire, along with unhappy families who miss them and and a work environment where they are not appreciated, many American workers are now taking the leap to becoming entrepreneurs and business owners themselves.  This trend is expected to grow significantly in the future as the younger generations of workers are looking at their parents and their prospects in working in corporate America and turning away from it in droves.

Fixing What’s Broken

Most of the employees have become seriously demotivated in their current jobs. They feel that their employer does not care about their well being and has no interest in their ideas for the company. No one likes to be ignored or made to feel worthless and easily replaceable.  In addition, Senior Level Executive positions have become so cushioned with golden parachutes and enormous bonuses, that even when the company is going bankrupt and employees are being laid off, they are still paid these bonuses even though the outcome of the company is considered to have failed. This corporate class hierarchy has all of the makings of a French Revolution, where workers grow tired of being treated like peasants and stage their own revolution by leaving these companies and forming smaller businesses which will rapidly grow into becoming competitors.

Many of these employees don’t want to leave their jobs, but they feel that they no longer have any choice. Corporations who will thrive in this next decade, will be the ones who understand that in order to have a successful business, you have to have happy employees. Henry Ford understood this concept, building his enormously successful company by paying his workers more than other manufacturers. He ensured that they made enough money that they could provide for themselves and their families and also purchase the products that they made at Ford.  Companies who will make the necessary changes to honor their employees and the ideas, innovation and teamwork that they bring will see a turn around in their sales and their potential.

Each organization is only as strong as its employees and their commitment to the products created. The trend to hire contract workers rather than employees in order to avoid paying benefits is having a direct effect on the quality of products being produced by the corporations. Contractors who are placed in positions for a year or less, do not have the same commitment to the corporation as employees. Many times contractors leave before their contract runs out as they are offered a better paying position elsewhere. A company who invests in their employees, in return sees the employees investing in the company and naturally wanting to create the best quality product available in the market.

The corporations who will ultimately lose are the ones who will keep doing what they’re doing, running their employees ragged and wearing them out until they leave angry, disgusted, and taking their wealth of knowledge and experience with them.  Talented employees will leave for greener pastures, worker morale will continue to fail and finger pointing and blaming others will become the norm by workers and managers. In this environment, innovation and creativity dies on the vine and product quality fails, leading to a decrease in sales. Organizations that do not value the individual contributors and who fail to see the organization as a group where all should be respected, will pay the price.

What The Oracle Predicts

Individuals between 25-49 will create a major change in how business is done in this new decade. More entrepreneurs will rise from this group to go their own way and create dynamic and innovative companies. Smart CEO’s will learn how to detect these visionaries inside their own companies and will provide incentives and benefits to keep them in house in order to create these evolutionary goods and services.

Want to know how to identify these new thought leaders in your organization? Contact the Office Oracles to arrange a company event where we show you what’s been missing in your organization and identify the potential in your employees that has been untapped.  The future is in your hands, you have only to look within your own organization to see them there.

About the Oracle known as Kala Ambrose…

Noted entrepreneur, business intuitive, inspirational speaker, author and host of the highly acclaimed Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show, Kala Ambrose’s teachings are described as discerning, empowering and inspiring. Whether she’s speaking with world-renowned experts on the Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show, writing about empowering lifestyle choices, reporting on new discoveries in the scientific and spiritual arenas or lecturing and teaching to groups around the country, fans around the world tune in daily for her inspirational musings and lively thought-provoking conversations. Kala is the author of three books including the award-winning 9 Life Altering Lessons. She is a national columnist for Examiner.com, AOL and Yahoo and writes for a variety of magazines about intuition, and empowering lifestyle choices along with her national Ask Kala column, where she answers questions directly from her readers.

As a business intuitive she brings a wealth of knowledge to corporations, businesses and entrepreneurs providing insightful solutions with a competitive edge to achieve their business and personal goals. Her consultations are based upon her background in public relations, marketing, and social networking as well as her experience in the legal and technology fields. Through her intuitive guidance, business savvy, and forecast of business trends in the future, she has the ability to unlock the mysteries to your business and career life; creating a heightened ability to prosper and maximize your potential and profits. An accomplished entrepreneur, Kala brings her straight-forward insights directly to the table and is respected for her unique approach which allows her clients to see what needs to be changed to guide their career or business to its highest potential. With a background in real estate and traditional feng shui, Kala also offers guidance on the right property to house the business headquarters location.

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The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.  – Albert Einstein

Together, Kala Ambrose and Debra Moffitt are The Office Oracles, the Soothsayers of Success and Management Mediums delivering the Renaissance of Business Intuition.

What can be gained when using your Intuition for Business?

Through a series of exercises and techniques, we’ll explore the birth of ideas, how to manifest them, and share proven techniques which show how to make space for new solutions and ideas to appear in natural and easy ways. We’ll explore how to activate creativity through a series of practices both artistic and structured that will help bring business ideas into being.

During this process, we will use the inspired works of nature and world-renowned architecture as the inspirational basis to build dreams from the foundation of the creative process to the evolutionary completed project.  We’ll explore manifesting your vision – covering the process from thought to final form, with techniques including working through Individual, Partner, and Group work during the workshop.

What’s the secret to Intuition?

It’s knowing which intuitive type you are and then being able to access and tap into your ability.

In this time of rapid paced change where walls fall and markets shift in an instant, business people can’t afford not to use all of the tools available to guide them. Working with intuition and its creative process are ways to discover new approaches, find new structures, and adapt quickly to waves of change.

Intuition is an ability given to each of us. Described as the sixth sense, one day it will appear as normal in each person as the other five senses that we take for granted. In the past, we used both our instincts and our intuition to survive in the wild. Later, as we focused on developing and incorporating concepts of logical and ordered thinking, intuition was pushed aside and essentially forgotten.

What you don’t use, you lose and this is the case with all abilities including intuition. The good news is that intuition is a natural part of our genetic design, and we currently use it on a subconscious level. We experience intuition in the body (gut feelings), the mind (creative ideas), the emotions (impulses), and in spirit (hunches and inspiration).  When we are using our intuition, we are connecting with the right side of the brain and tapping into our higher consciousness. This process allows us to access ideas and find creative solutions to problems.

What can be gained when using your Intuition for Business?

Through a series of exercises and techniques shared in this workshop, we’ll explore how to manifest ideas using your intuition and share proven techniques, which show how to make space for new solutions and ideas to appear in natural and easy ways.

During this process, we’ll explore manifesting your vision with techniques including:

- Using your intuition to see the big picture, including how the actions will affect your bottom line and your marketing/vision plan.

- Determine whether you have the intuitive skills of an architect, an engineer, a visionary, or a designer. Then discover how to use these skills to become a highly successful entrepreneur and set yourself apart in your business.

- Practice intuitive exercises to hone your skills and develop them so that they become part of your daily actions and assist you with career and personal goals.

- Learn how to use your intuition to create a vision board, a “go with the flow” chart, and other useful tools in your work.

- Transform ancient wisdom techniques into 21^st century ideas, which elevate and benefit your clients, while bringing creative satisfaction to self.

- Awaken the mind so that intuitive flashes, ideas and impulses are free to come through to you to help with creative ideas, generate out of the box solutions, and understand your clients on a deeper level.

Developing Business Intuition can allow you to reach your goals and pursue dreams that may have appeared previously unattainable.

Are you a visionary, entrepreneur or small business owner?  Join the Office Oracles as they teach their next workshop on April 17th in Raleigh, North Carolina on how you can Develop Business Intuition. Click here for Registration and More Information.

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