There is a Venn diagram where feasible and reasonable intersect, hence my question when someone wants to make a big change, “Is it feasonable?” In careers, as in life, there can be gaps between where we are, where we have been, and where we want to go, but it doesn’t mean that people cannot make […]
Career Transition Musings
Business is a Team Sport
And the pandemic has put leaders and their teams to the test. Do you know anyone who believes she or he did it him-or-herself and that success was due to his or her own efforts or brilliance? There are people who are special and gifted, yet even they need help to succeed. The odds that […]
How Did I Get Here?!
While most of us start out with the belief that our careers will follow a certain path, for almost all there will be time when despite our best efforts and planning there are dead ends and sometimes, crashes. David Byrne of The Talking Heads summed it up well! The ability to control our destiny from […]
Others Have Blazed the Trail!
At some point early in the transition process, many executives share with me their concern that they may be facing a difficult journey to their next role. I am sure many pioneers felt their trek west was going to be a challenge too. Each journey is unique as far as that individual is concerned as […]
Throw Away those Ponies!
I clearly remember a time when ponies were central to the lives of our young children. Our home was filled with various types and styles of ponies. We had plush ponies, plastic ponies for the bath, ponies that required batteries (and parents to stand them upright or point them in another direction for the fifteenth […]