Follow through is tiring for me. What pushes me to finish is maintaining our reputation and keeping my word. It’s easier for me to keep my own promises than to work with others to ensure we’re communicating well enough to deliver what we agree to collectively. Working in teams requires us to coordinate actions, agreements and focus on clarity in…
One of our core values is “doing work you love with people you love.” This is meaningful to our incredible team to measure behavioral accountability, AND we use it in assessing our clients as well. It causes us to reflect on our attention to their needs, special things that make their experience as good as it can be (as we…
Family business isn’t for everyone. For those of us who appreciate it, one of the benefits of doing work you love is doing it with people you love. Whether by chance, by choice, or by circumstance, I hope you truly enjoy those you work with to the point of loving them. For us, one of the blessings we count is…
Ah, what an interesting time it is to be alive in history. I can relate to the opening line, “it was the best of times, and the worst of times.” Truly, I believe it’s all good, yet sometimes my mind has to catch up to authentically reframe what looks like a challenge.
My pace is fast. For others, maybe too fast. For me, it works. At times it causes challenges at home and work. Mostly, it helps me stay true to myself, get more done, and not waste time thinking when action is my method. If you’re one of the people who learns best by doing, comfortable with mistakes in action instead…
There are a handful of people in my life who I’ve met and instantly known we were meant to stay connected. It seems effortless, expectations of each other are aligned and minimal, we make “sense” to each other, and look forward to time together no matter how infrequently it occurs. Not all relationships work this way, so when you’re fortunate…
Have you ever felt what seems like relentless friction in your life? That discomfort is a sign you’re hitting the ceiling. It’s easy to view friction as a nuisance, but what if you saw it as a powerful catalyst for growth? When it feels like an overwhelming number of things are challenging, it pushes you beyond your comfort zone, challenges…
One of the requests I make at the workshops I lead is to “be willing to receive as much as you give.” Believe it or not, this is a challenge for many leaders. Are you a good receiver? When people compliment you, do you immediately reciprocate with a compliment back out of habit, obligation, or discomfort? Many people do. Do…
Success isn’t just about being talented or having good luck. Talent alone doesn’t guarantee victory, and bad luck doesn’t guarantee defeat. They do play a part, but your response will determine the outcomes in the end. Think about famous artists, inventors, and athletes. They had talent, but it was their hard work, resilience, and ability to adapt that made them…
At home and work, I think differently. I’m surrounded by amazing humans who are more alike than different, and I’m more different than alike. Choose your assessment, it will confirm my experience; the bars, lines, and dots are similar for most. Then there’s mine… it’s distinctly different. While these differences make us great compliments to one another in many ways,…