Thoughts on people, teams, organizations, communities, effectiveness and success
Face it, we all do it:
“The thing about taking risks is, if it’s really a risk, you really can fail.”
“It’s only a pretend risk if you really can’t fail.” – Connie Britton.
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The job that was supposed to work out well, doesn’t.
You parachute out of that job to take another that is not on the road map to a successful career .
Somewhere between Point A and Point C you got detoured to Point Z.
Can you get back on the right road?
Maybe; here’s an example of somebody who got detoured and how they got back on track.… Read the rest
It’s been a bad calendar quarter for funerals (two too many) but a good 90 days for learning.
The metaphorical coin that carries what you’d like to keep on one side has something that you’d like to avoid on the other; learning from others while they’re living and learning from others after they’ve passed on seems like no exception.… Read the rest
The prospective client I met yesterday had a great set of skills, and an accomplished career.
The problem? Their type of job – and many of the ones like it – were going away as the industry contracted.
If you hang your hat on your job title, there’s not much left to hold on to when that type of job goes away, either due to technological change (think data entry specialists) or an industry consolidates and you’re trying to move to another sector where your skills are transferable..… Read the rest
We don’t usually get to pick how or when we die.
We can, with some work, grit and luck, pick the sort of life we live.
Scott Mader, who passed away this week at the age of 57, sure did; his story has lessons for all of us.
Earnest is the first word that comes to mind when I think of Scott; while he had lots of qualities (a dry sense of humor, funny smart, a real moral compass, etc.)… Read the rest