About Anna Schmitz

Anna is a copywriter at The Conover Company. She graduated from St. Norbert College with a degree in Elementary Education. She enjoys researching and writing about soft skills and has seen first-hand the difference that soft skills make in students' lives. She currently lives in Wisconsin with her husband and four children.

Anxiety Management: Physical Wellness

Anxiety is a feeling of fear and worry, typically about an event or an uncertain outcome. If fear and worry are left unchecked, they can develop into anxiety. When anxiety and its resulting depression overtake our lives, it can impact our health, our relationships and even our personal success, [...]

By |2024-12-05T13:53:24-06:00February 7th, 2018|Anxiety Management, Life Skills, Soft Skills|Comments Off on Anxiety Management: Physical Wellness

Anxiety Management: Self-Control

Anxiety is a feeling of fear and worry, typically about an event or an uncertain outcome. When anxiety and its resulting depression overtake our lives, it can impact our health, our relationships and even our personal and professional success. Anxiety has become a major roadblock to a healthy and [...]

By |2024-12-05T13:45:30-06:00January 24th, 2018|Anxiety Management, Emotional Intelligence, Life Skills|Comments Off on Anxiety Management: Self-Control

Bullying Prevention & Self-Esteem

Everyone is born with the potential to reach great heights and achieve wonderful things. But in order to be successful, you need a good, solid foundation on which to start building. Experts have identified the foundation on which you can build a fulfilling and successful life. This foundation upon which [...]

By |2017-12-28T22:33:52-06:00December 28th, 2017|Bullying Prevention, Emotional Intelligence, Life Skills|Comments Off on Bullying Prevention & Self-Esteem

Planning and Organizing: Delegating

Delegating is a common and essential practice in the workplace. When you delegate, you give some of your work to other people. Those people are then in charge of getting the work done. Delegating makes work more efficient. You might find that, with some projects, you can get more done [...]

By |2017-12-11T08:48:27-06:00December 6th, 2017|Emotional Intelligence, Life Skills, Workplace Readiness|Comments Off on Planning and Organizing: Delegating

Interpersonal Assertion: Personal Inventory

Identify your communication style through this personal inventory in order to start communicating assertively. Now you can see the importance of being assertive as well as avoiding aggression and deference. A main reason for this is that the assertive communication style is key in bullying prevention. Now take a minute [...]

By |2017-12-04T09:40:40-06:00November 28th, 2017|Bullying Prevention, Life Skills, Soft Skills|Comments Off on Interpersonal Assertion: Personal Inventory

Workplace Readiness: Planning and Organizing

“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” -Benjamin Franklin Have you ever experienced a situation where a mistake was made because you weren’t adequately prepared? If so, you’re not alone. Many times when we don’t decide on and implement a plan, we experience a level of failure. [...]

By |2017-11-12T14:57:49-06:00November 12th, 2017|Emotional Intelligence, Soft Skills, Workplace Readiness|Comments Off on Workplace Readiness: Planning and Organizing
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