“If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.” – Mark Twain
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De Nile is not a River
Face it, we all do it:
- The job we’re hopeful we’ll land has no chance of ever showing up in an offer letter.
- That diet (mine in this case) that we think worked well has the regular 36″ waist size slacks still too tight.
- The company that’s getting it’s lunch handed to it in the market continues to think and refer to itself as a market leader.
The Perfect Strategy?
“We have a strategic plan. It’s called doing things.” – Herb Kelleher, former CEO and founder of Southwest Airlines.
Risks
“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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How Do You Get Back on Track After a Career Detour?
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
Paging Sue Leeson: “You Can Do Better”
Sometimes the best thing you can do to help someone is a firm tap and playing a bit of a noodge.
The fact of the matter is that people seldom improve without some sort of feedback, and if you don’t help them with it, who do you think will?
I thought of noodge (or nudge) as I sent a note back to a coaching client asking them to rework their “lighthouse letter” – a product that asks exec coaching clients to put down in one page the conversation their grandkids/grandnieces – nephews would have if the now 100-year old client overhead them describing the client’s life.… Read the rest