<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Fox Quarry Communications]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fox Quarry Communications is a strategic communications consulting firm based in North Carolina, helping organizations fix internal communication breakdowns, align teams, and strengthen leadership messaging. We work with nonprofits, municipalities, and businesses through both in-person and virtual consulting to improve clarity, execution, and overall organizational performance.]]></description><link>https://lizsimpers.wixsite.com/foxquarrycomms/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:57:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.foxquarrycommunications.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Mother Teresa's take on business health]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ever feel like you have to be the one that knows the answer to every question? How about the one that can see a project through from inception to delivery? Or what about the one that learns every new tool to make your organization bigger, faster, and stronger? That's the problem. "Jack of all trades, master of none" is still a quote to live by and to accept in our professional life. It is amazing what happens when we can say "I don't know" and humbly ask for help. Sometimes there aren't new...]]></description><link>https://www.foxquarrycommunications.com/post/mother-teresa-quote</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69da73fbe1d16d36c5379964</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 14:01:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f5e11_74b92a7033424e5dab9a29d4c7b28843~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_735,h_759,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fox Quarry Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[People first.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love Simon Sinek and the simple thoughts he can put in every day. People matter more than ever and, while technical skills are important, they can be taught. What can't be easily taught is character and tenacity. Can I get an amen? Happy friday friends!]]></description><link>https://www.foxquarrycommunications.com/post/people-first</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69da73fbe1d16d36c537998c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:55:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f5e11_69c16a0a2972443392bbd4c2f099443b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_800,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fox Quarry Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yep -more about the job market]]></title><description><![CDATA[Team...can I talk to my unemployed and open to work friends for a minute? Let me clarify - "unemployed" is the wrong word.  The right word (the ones we have heard over and over again...) over qualified not part of the industry internal hires and my favorite... "we have decided to go in another direction." What direction is that exactly? Us job seekers are tired and defeated. How many automated emails with the EXACT SAME VERBIAGE can one person handle? Mind you...this is for the one that has...]]></description><link>https://www.foxquarrycommunications.com/post/yep-more-about-the-job-market</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69da73fbe1d16d36c537998b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 22:07:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f5e11_74cf3ec300ab49e8b366fcedafc64113~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_298,h_169,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fox Quarry Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can we just talk about the job market?]]></title><description><![CDATA[job market]]></description><link>https://www.foxquarrycommunications.com/post/can-we-just-talk-about-the-job-market</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69da73fbe1d16d36c5379963</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:50:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f5e11_74cf3ec300ab49e8b366fcedafc64113~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_298,h_169,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fox Quarry Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes the smartest scaling is the slowest.]]></title><description><![CDATA[How's that for alliteration? As the great philosopher Clark Griswold once said... I was recently working with a company that was so...]]></description><link>https://www.foxquarrycommunications.com/post/sometimes-the-smartest-scaling-is-the-slowest</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69da73fbe1d16d36c5379962</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 19:21:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f5e11_94d3aac72d294cc39a6b8dc85698ecea~mv2.gif/v1/fit/w_400,h_225,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fox Quarry Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worried about changing careers? Girl. DO IT.]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, if it helps, please know that I am a 20-year veteran of for-profit and non-profit management and have recently realized it is okay to...]]></description><link>https://www.foxquarrycommunications.com/post/worried-about-changing-careers-girl-do-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69da73fbe1d16d36c537998a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:55:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f5e11_3b6aa60b6e2e42e0836cfbce7fdba08b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_500,h_509,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fox Quarry Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why LinkedIn isn't LinkedOut (see what I did there)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I admit. I was an early adopter 15 years ago. Sounds great! A social platform that focuses more on business ideas than complaints about...]]></description><link>https://www.foxquarrycommunications.com/post/why-linkedin-isn-t-linkedout-see-what-i-did-there</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69da73fbe1d16d36c5379989</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 20:09:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f5e11_627abefc481748dead564bcb8784486c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_800,h_578,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fox Quarry Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Pamela Anderson at the SAG Awards is my new favorite thing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did you see this? Oh, and can you believe it? The nerve. The nerve of a former Baywatch bombshell to remove her make-up at an awards...]]></description><link>https://www.foxquarrycommunications.com/post/why-pamela-anderson-at-the-sag-awards-is-my-new-favorite-thing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69da73fbe1d16d36c5379988</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 17:14:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f5e11_f32dacaba185441f9a04b7532a707bf4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_700,h_936,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fox Quarry Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are C-Suite titles getting a little...goofy?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey Peter, checking in on those TPS reports? Ok, for those that might not know, "C-Suite" refers to executive roles in companies. So,...]]></description><link>https://www.foxquarrycommunications.com/post/are-c-suite-titles-getting-a-little-goofy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69da73fbe1d16d36c537994d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:05:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f5e11_b5a674b79f934995914f005474a815c0~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fox Quarry Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can we talk about trust falls?]]></title><description><![CDATA["Do you trust us?" "Kind of?" Ok, great, just fall down and hope for the best! "Ummm..." Ok, take a look at this picture. Some of you...]]></description><link>https://www.foxquarrycommunications.com/post/can-we-talk-about-trust-falls</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69da73fbe1d16d36c5379961</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2025 13:29:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f5e11_ce62c523791f4b60bd1ddd69b1458050~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_538,h_307,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fox Quarry Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Nothing is impossible for those that don't have to do it."]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite quotes that a former supervisor used to say often. I think about it quite a bit since I first heard it about...]]></description><link>https://www.foxquarrycommunications.com/post/nothing-is-impossible-for-those-that-don-t-have-to-do-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69da73fbe1d16d36c5379960</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2025 13:22:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f5e11_3ce88b9764e34e64a601a9bd1aab1229~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_620,h_478,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fox Quarry Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is following more important than leading?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Great lesson - on leadership AND dancing! Turns out, being the first follower may be more important than being the leader! Have always...]]></description><link>https://www.foxquarrycommunications.com/post/is-following-more-important-than-leading</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69da73fbe1d16d36c5379987</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2025 20:07:15 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Fox Quarry Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How territorial are you REALLY?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I mean, I get it. Your space is your space. Your stapler is your stapler. Your lunch in the community fridge is your lunch. Your staff is...]]></description><link>https://www.foxquarrycommunications.com/post/how-territorial-are-you-really</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69da73fbe1d16d36c537995f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:25:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f5e11_792a27d18616436ea36557f08aacec04~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fox Quarry Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[So, I am uncomfortable with this concept of work/life balance.]]></title><description><![CDATA[worklife balance by simon sinek]]></description><link>https://www.foxquarrycommunications.com/post/worklifebalance</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69da73fbe1d16d36c5379986</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 19:22:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0yxJH2i0DE" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Fox Quarry Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a laugh is NOT appropriate...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you ever been a work situation where laughing is NOT appropriate, but like: YOU JUST CAN'T HELP IT?! 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Quitters Day, observed on the second Friday of January , marks when many people abandon their New Year's...]]></description><link>https://www.foxquarrycommunications.com/post/did-you-make-it-past-quitters-day</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69da73fbe1d16d36c537995d</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2025 21:14:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f5e11_0c4c7d2de96349dd80afb80b38fe959a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_300,h_168,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fox Quarry Consulting</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't look back. You aren't going that way.]]></title><description><![CDATA[How many of these could you fit on your wrist at one time?! 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