Archive for July 2024

Last week I shared some thoughts on the topic of knowing when to leave a position. Today, I’m going to share thoughts about an equally difficult aspect of leaving, how to leave. Depending on the specific circumstances, leaving with grace can be surprisingly challenging. Even in the best circumstances, excitement about the new opportunity shared too…

“How do you know when it’s time to leave a job?” isn’t the most frequent question I’ve been asked over the years, but it does show up frequently. Sometimes the person asking is trying to figure out what to do next in their career. Sometimes, their employment situation has changed and they are wondering whether it…

One of my favorite workshops to teach is the one on Creative Leadership. In that workshop, and in others, I try to set up experiences to help participants expand their ideas of what creativity is and explore their own creativity. I have found through personal experience and listening to others that for most of us…

Last week I told you about my birthday cakes and fireworks, but over time, my birthday parties have changed. Now my favorite thing for a birthday party is to go to the bookstore and wander the bookshelves and see what I can find. So Friday, we went on a Bookstore Crawl. It’s not as mellifluous as…

My red-headed uncle kept telling his red-headed sister, my mom, that she would have a red-headed child on the Fourth of July. He was close. I was born at 5:30 a.m. on the fifth of July meaning this is my birthday week. Because I was almost born on the 4th of July, most of my birthday parties…