U-TURNS
U-turns is a blog for lifelong learners who want to continue to expand their leadership and communication skills.
Tips for Successful Listening
The most successful people are active listeners. Follow these five tips to improve your listening.
Dream Big Dreams
Are you settling for “good enough?” Now is the time to take the leap and dream big!
3 Reasons U Should Set Goals
Goals give you the fuel to make positive improvements in your life. The three top reasons for setting your goals, now!
U&I Care: Light the Night in Loving Memory of Tim Rewinkel
U & Improved Leader & Communicator alum Tim Rewinkel, lost his year long battle with Leukemia, at the very young age of 30.
Meet U&I Founder Jodi Low
Meet U & Improved’s founder and CEO, Jodi Low!
“Change is … Good?!”
Change allows you the space to create the life you’ve imagined living.
U the Teen Leader Graduation: A Recap!
Did you feel the earth shimmy ever so slightly last Sunday? No, it wasn’t an earthquake. It was a room packed with passionate, enthusiastic people welcoming a new round of Leaders including our FIRST EVER U the Teen Leader class! I’m telling you that the walls of that...
U The Teen Leader Scholarship Recipients Announced!
U & Improved is honored to announce the recipients of three generous full scholarships to U The Teen Leader donated by, The Miksta Team at VIP Mortgage, the William and Doreen Wong Foundation and an anonymous donor. All of the submissions are more than deserving...
U the Samurai: Lives Transformed!
Each process in this class is created for students to walk the path of a Samurai leader.
Teen Leadership Training
Announcing U the Teen Leader!
Leadership Training So Good it Makes You a Better Person?
How do U explain magic? I don’t know either, but I do know I experienced it, in the most humbling and powerful way. It happened as 14 Warriors embarked on the pinnacle experience of U & Improved. It happened as I watched these Warriors become Samurai.
My U&I Story: Lisa Kasanicky
Lisa Kasanicky of Arizona Spa Girls shares her U & Improved story.
Practice Gratitude
It's easy to get swept up in the gratitude posts and messages that are bombarding social media and the internet at large this week. It's this time of year that always makes me extra happy ... because for a moment, albeit brief, our country, for the most part, takes a...
Feedback or Pushback?
Giving effective feedback is an important leadership skill at work and at home. How do you improve your feedback skills?
What Do Talking and Listening Skills Have to Do with Leadership?
Listening is an important part of leadership.
Leadership Training for Young Adults
It is with great excitement and enthusiasm that I proudly announce the inaugural “U The Leader: Young Adult” class, premiering May 31-June 2, 2013! There is already a tremendous buzz about this class, because those of us that have experienced U & Improved’s “U the...
What I Know
Roughly 20 years ago I began my personal leadership achievement journey. I became a student…in a plethora of classes, trainings, seminars and the like…looking for insights, tools, and ways of looking at my life and my career in a new light. I was young, and I was eager and hungry to learn. I was a “human sponge” if you will…looking to soak up as much wisdom from the great thought leaders as I possibly could.
That was half my life ago. Little did I know then that the journey I was embarking upon would soon become the cornerstone of not just my career, but my way of being.
Happy New… U !
Happy New Year, Leaders...or rather...Happy New... U ! During these first few weeks of a brand new year, many of us resolve to make changes and adjustments in our lives...to "improve" something or other that has been in need of an adjustment. And sometimes,...