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 | Information, Not IdentityPractical wisdom for the pivots that shape us. The MomentWe can spot it quickly in others. A direct report pushes back. A teenager argues the point. A friend goes quiet. And we feel drained, because what was meant to help gets taken as a hit. Yet the same reflex shows up in us....
10 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 | Feedback as InvitationPractical wisdom for the pivots that shape us. The MomentThere is a kind of feedback that lands like a verdict. It closes the conversation before it is even heard. At work it can sound like rules. At home it can sound like a lecture. The words may be true, but the posture makes...
17 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 | A Second Set of EyesPractical wisdom for the pivots that shape us. The MomentOften it is not the workload that drains us.It is the decisions. A day where every choice feels like it matters, and we feel tired before we even start. One after another. Small ones and heavy ones. The kind with consequences...
24 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 | Resisting the RescuePractical wisdom for the pivots that shape us. The MomentSometimes it looks like helping. You rewrite the email. Clean up the mistake. Cover the gap. The work keeps moving, but it does not sit right. Not in the moment. Later. When you realize you saved the outcome, but you also kept...
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 | Adaptability in PracticePractical wisdom for the pivots that shape us. The MomentChange rarely waits until we are ready for it.It shows up in the middle of a plan. A timeline shifts. A need changes. A conversation goes differently than expected. The demands are high, the pace is fast, and it can feel...
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 | Seeing the GoodPractical wisdom for the pivots that shape us. The MomentWe rarely have to go looking for what is wrong.It finds us. A missed mark at work. A hard update with our kids. A lab result, a symptom, a number. The gaps rise to the top of the day, and they speak loudly. The PivotWhat is good...
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 | Choosing to RespondPractical wisdom for the pivots that shape us. The MomentTriggers rarely announce themselves. They slip in through the ordinary. A short email. A hard note. A stalled process. Suddenly the body is activated and the mind is ready to move. It is not a character flaw. It is a signal. The...
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 | Permission to Be RealPractical wisdom for the pivots that shape us. The MomentSometimes it only takes one honest sentence.“This has been hard.”And something in the room changes. Not because the problem disappears, but because the pretending does. The air softens. Shoulders drop. A team meeting steadies....
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 | The View From the TopPractical wisdom for the pivots that shape us. The MomentA difficult season has a way of putting one question in front of us. How do I know when to stay the course, and when to step away? When the trail turns sharp and the incline keeps rising, it can feel like nothing is changing...
2 months ago • 1 min read