Benchmarks’ Center for Quality Integration (CQi) prioritizes continuous learning of new skills and enhancing current staff skills to keep its staff at the forefront of the human services workforce. We take this acquired knowledge and skills and integrate them into the day-to-day work we do in our own agency as well as outside of it. We have learned and applied many lessons from Brene Brown’s " Dare to Lead", including the lesson that everyone is a leader, no matter their position in an...

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not but rejoices for what he has.” ~Greek philosopher, Epictetus It is that time of year in which the leaves are changing color, the days are getting shorter, and as we prepare for family meals and holidays, we witness a lot more folks talking about what they are thankful for. The days leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday lend themselves to a shift in our focus onto what we appreciate in our lives, and we notice folks...