Tag: leadership
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Life – That Wasn’t On My Bingo Card!
Have you had something happen recently and your response was, “that wasn’t on my Bingo card!” If not, perhaps you’ve seen it on social media. I love this expression. It is such a humorous way of responding to the unexpected, mostly choosing to laugh at minor inconveniences instead of letting them ruin our day. As…
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How’s that for feedback – on seeking and giving feedback well.
In a strange shift of our Saturday morning habits, I quite like going to the 8am Pilates class. Horror, I know. This is a shake up from sleeping in and everyone laughing at “mum” who is always the last up on a Saturday morning. From time to time, my husband also has to work on…
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CHOOSE.
You do the right thing. You follow the rules. You do all that is asked of you. You do more. You look ahead. You dream of all that could be. You hope. You plan. You smile at the encouragement, the open hands. You soon learn the promises were empty. You take a step back. The…
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steadfast.
SteadfastOr crumbling to defeatThe differencebetweenStaying the course and relentingPowerlessto fear of change.Do we stay the course when the road inclinesgrows roughbeneath our feetOr turn backlooking for a lighter courseone that does not ask for resilience Or Challenge us,demand that we grow.Steadfast – Not an enticing wordStaying the courseNot oft observedBut we dare to wander the…
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Self-advocacy – on the absolutely absurd task of advocating for yourself.
I basically spend my time camping out in one of two very specific realities (1) no way am I as good or as qualified as that particular person perceives me to be and/or I am definitely not good enough for that and then there’s (2) surely all of my skills and strengths suit in me…
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How can you help lead the way? – on mentoring.
“That information might have been a little more useful to me yesterday… again, things that could have been brought to my attention YESTERDAY!”¹ These are the words Robbie (Adam Sandler) yells at his would-be-bride the evening he was jilted and left at the altar in The Wedding Singer. What he’s really saying is, “this information…
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