Welcome to Wednesday! As you step into the natural pivot point of the week, here’s a brief moment of encouragement and perspective to help you lead the pivots in your life. Leading the Pivot | Further Along Than YouPractical wisdom for the pivots that shape us. The MomentWe tend to think of mentorship as something that belongs to the beginning. The first job. The unfamiliar territory. We lean in and grow. And somewhere along the way, we quietly decide we have outgrown the need. But seasons...
12 days ago • 1 min read
Welcome to Wednesday! As you step into the natural pivot point of the week, here’s a brief moment of encouragement and perspective to help you lead the pivots in your life. Leading the Pivot | Small OpeningsPractical wisdom for the pivots that shape us. The MomentWe show up to things we're not sure are worth our time. One more obligation in a week that is already full. We sit with one foot out the door before the thing even starts. And sometimes, in the middle of all of it, one voice says...
19 days ago • 1 min read
Welcome to Wednesday! As you step into the natural pivot point of the week, here’s a brief moment of encouragement and perspective to help you lead the pivots in your life. Leading the Pivot | Behind the NumbersPractical wisdom for the pivots that shape us. The MomentWe are taught to define impact by metrics.Measurable results that fill performance reviews, resumes, grant applications, annual reports. When the numbers are strong, we feel successful. When they are down, or missing altogether,...
26 days ago • 1 min read
Welcome to Wednesday! As you step into the natural pivot point of the week, here’s a brief moment of encouragement and perspective to help you lead the pivots in your life. Leading the Pivot | What Belongs to UsPractical wisdom for the pivots that shape us. The MomentSome of us hold a lot by default. High standards. Excellence. Responsibility that shows up before we are even asked. We become the obvious choice. The one the team leans on. The one a manager trusts. And we can carry it. We often...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Welcome to Wednesday! As you step into the natural pivot point of the week, here’s a brief moment of encouragement and perspective to help you lead the pivots in your life. Leading the Pivot | Boundaries Without WallsPractical wisdom for the pivots that shape us. The MomentMost of us have said it, or thought it.I’m just busy. We mean, there is a lot to carry. Work. Home. Health. The invisible decisions and the visible tasks. And when the load gets heavy, we reach for boundaries because we...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Welcome to Wednesday! As you step into the natural pivot point of the week, here’s a brief moment of encouragement and perspective to help you lead the pivots in your life. Leading the Pivot | When Is It TimePractical wisdom for the pivots that shape us. The MomentThere is a question many of us carry beneath the surface.Should we stay, or should we go? An organization. A team. A project. A place we keep showing up.We wonder if we have done all the good we can do. We do not want to leave from...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Welcome to Wednesday! As you step into the natural pivot point of the week, here’s a brief moment of encouragement and perspective to help you lead the pivots in your life. Leading the Pivot | How We StandPractical wisdom for the pivots that shape us. The MomentThere is a new kind of pressure around us.Not just to keep up, but to prove we still matter. Some of us worry that using new tools will build the case that we are easier to replace. Others worry that not using them will leave us...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Welcome to Wednesday! As you step into the natural pivot point of the week, here’s a brief moment of encouragement and perspective to help you lead the pivots in your life. Leading the Pivot | What We Bring Into the RoomPractical wisdom for the pivots that shape us. The MomentWhen we lead anything, we want to do it well.We want good decisions, strong outcomes, fewer costly missteps. So we stay close to the plan. The metrics. The details.And sometimes we forget that the plan is carried by...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Welcome to Wednesday! As you step into the natural pivot point of the week, here’s a brief moment of encouragement and perspective to help you lead the pivots in your life. Leading the Pivot | The Work of UnblockingPractical wisdom for the pivots that shape us. The MomentWe can usually feel when something is off before we can name it. A team slows down. A conversation keeps circling. Progress stalls, but no one is fully saying why. In work and in life, bottlenecks do not always appear in...
2 months ago • 1 min read