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What does “entrepreneur” mean to you? It’s probably as simple as someone who launches a new company.
Fair enough. But it’s a lot more interesting than that.
As I’ll be discussing at the Soulful Entrepreneur Summit in January 2022, being an entrepreneur is really a mindset which can serve anyone.
Read the rest of this entry »It’s a great idea to ask for feedback from your employees. It’s part of letting them know you care, and want to improve.
So you gather up your courage and ask people for feedback, both one-on-one and as a group.
But here’s the hard part: showing them that you’re taking action. Why is that crucial?
Because it tells them about your honesty and integrity.
Read the rest of this entry »In uncertain times, we rely on confidence from others around us. We look to political, community, and business leaders to provide direction.
But more than being told what to do, we want to know why. Part of that is assigning blame for something out of our control, but that’s only the negative side of it.
On the good side, we’re looking for a reason to get out of the fight-or-flight response. Our higher selves want to move forward with purpose and intention.
Read the rest of this entry »Variety is the spice of life! But we’ve all experienced the paralysis you can have when faced with a list of fifty flavors of ice cream.
As a recovering Analytic, I’ve learned that it’s often dangerous to spend too much time evaluating things. I could probably create a magnificent spreadsheet for the above three smoothies, with options and scenarios and weighted criteria.
That would feed my curiosity, but I’d never make a decision!
Read the rest of this entry »Returning from my holiday break, I experienced a palpable difficulty re-engaging with my work. In one sense, it felt like I had to put on a completely different brain that I hadn’t used for a couple of weeks.
It was a welcome break, and gave me the opportunity to reflect on the bigger picture.
That’s something I love doing with my clients as well – to give them space to get away from the day-to-day issues. To think bigger.
Read the rest of this entry »I can get stuck in planning things, and perhaps you can as well. It’s a way to attempt to control risk.
It builds your confidence to make a decision and start moving. At least you hope it does.But here’s the secret: The confidence actually comes after achieving something. Even if you can envision something, it’s not really confidence. It’s hope.
Read the rest of this entry »Several weeks ago I started by talking about what it means to be a leader in a VUCA world. That’s Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous. Something we can all relate to.
I’ve replaced the letters with four key principles which help us to navigate through this instability. V was Values, U was Uplift, C was Commitment, now A is … Action.
Because it’s all just good theory and interesting discussion if it doesn’t turn into action.
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THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR when we talk about planning and goal-setting.
Which is a wonderful thing.
But we have to recognize that longing for a better future and even planning for it is not what creates it. At the end of the day, it’s about action.
The Values-Based Business 