What An Amazing Week! I had an amazing week. How about you? Did you have an amazing week or did you just survive your week? Make sure you read all the way down to the last bullet point. Met 10 new people via Zoom this week for one-on-one connection calls […]
Walking Backwards in Life
(from my just published book, Just One Step: Walking Backwards to the Present on the Camino Trail) It’s fairly easily to understand what it means to walk backwards on the downhills of the Camino but understanding the ways to implement walking backwards in your day-to-day living and leading can be […]
Emotional Awareness
Emotional intelligence has become the buzz word and cliché of the last decade. Everyone’s talking about the importance of emotional intelligence (especially in leadership), but I rarely see people actually working on it or understanding it. At the risk of adding a whole new concept to the conversation – but […]
Make Stories Together
We all have stories that define us (so far) and which form the basis for our perspectives, personally and professionally. Too often, organizations and leaders tell us or want us to leave our stories at the door, but that’s naïve. Those stories (our own stories) are a fundamental part of […]
Experiences Matter
As many of you know, I love Broadway shows and my favorite is Lin-Manuel Miranda’s innovative smash hit Hamilton. One of the songs in that show is titled Yorktown: The World Turned Upside Down, which refers to the unimaginable outcome of the colonies winning the Revolutionary War. Well, we’re all facing an […]
Precedent Setting Perceptions
Here’s a phrase that you often hear from leaders: “We have to be careful about setting precedents.” Interestingly, these comments are nearly always directed at what the leader perceives as “negative” precedents. Most recently, I’ve heard this phrase several times as companies are discussing whether they’re going to allow employees […]
Why Walk Backwards
(from my soon-to-be-published book, Just One Step: Walking Backwards to the Present on the Camino Trail) Before I dive into the various practical ways that walking backwards will serve you, let’s first look at some obvious benefits of this shift. As noted above, walking backwards is one antidote for the […]
Just Walk Backwards
(from my soon-to-be-published book, Just One Step: Walking Backwards to the Present on the Camino Trail) I’m a huge fan of Seinfeld – the show about nothing – and I’m convinced that everything you need to know about life, relationships and leadership can be found there. However, you may have to look at […]
Look Back
(from my soon-to-be-published book, Just One Step: Walking Backwards to the Present on the Camino Trail) One unexpected Camino gift and lesson was the importance of periodically looking back along your journey. While it’s easy to keep your eyes focused on what’s ahead of you, I found great gifts and […]
Momentum Is Real
from my soon-to-be-published book, Just One Step: Walking Backwards to the Present on the Camino Trail I’ve often thought about the importance of momentum, but it was only on the Camino that I really came to understand it – how to create it, and the various impacts and gifts that […]
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