Leading the Pivot | The Space After


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 Space After
Practical wisdom for the pivots that shape us.


The Moment

We've learned to treat a pause in conversation as something we're responsible for filling.

Someone stops speaking, and before the silence settles, we're already offering the next thought or question.

To us, it's being attentive.

What we don't stop to ask is what might have finished forming if we hadn't stepped in.


The Pivot

Most of what people bring to us is a first draft.

We cut it short without intention.

The clarifying detail, or the harder truth sitting just underneath, usually needs a few more seconds than we give it before we step in with our own take.

We tell ourselves we're moving things forward.

Sometimes we're just moving past what isn't yet complete.


The Move

This week, notice the space that opens once someone stops talking.

What might develop if you waited instead of answering?


Cheering you on to your best life,

Amanda Crooks, M.Div, BCC, CMCS, GCDF
Board Certified Coach | Leadership, Career & Well-Being

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