One of the most important steps for Reimagining Your Work is understanding your BRAND...and to quickly identify your current brand, I suggest my readers and audiences should be brave and leverage their social network.

“Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn.” I don’t know when (or why) I started saying this, but when I said it to a client earlier this week, it was just the words we all needed to hear.

We are proud to be connected to Hampton. So my question is: Who’s proud to be connected to you and what are you doing to earn that prize?

There are lots of reasons someone may want to work flexibly, and none are “better” than any others.

Summer is for recharging, resetting, and regrouping. How will you make the most of it? Here’s a few ideas to get you started:

Summer swim is one of my favorite times of the year for the life skills it teaches the swimmers and lessons it reminds the adults.

What if we all decided to help each other out and fill the comments below with ideas for creating a rite of passage for our professional teams?

Do you see a turtle in the picture? Even though it is colored with assorted rainbow beads, can you still see the turtle? Could you celebrate the accomplishments of the tiny artist who made this turtle even though it isn’t the way you would do it?

As a good leader, making data-based decisions and actions is what we ask of our teams… and therefore we should ask the same of ourselves. 

Years ago I was described as “blissfully naïve” and by the older coworkers on my team - and while it was not meant as an insult, today I reflect back on what a powerful perspective I brought to the group.

What’s the impact when a great idea isn’t thought all the way through? For me, the impact recently has about 2.5 hours of extra work…but it was totally worth it!

“Did you brush your teeth? Deodorant? What about your hair, did you fix it? We only have 10 minutes, so make sure you are getting ready.” This is what I sound like in the mornings before work and school…

Do you like sweet or salty snacks? What if you could only have the one you picked for the rest of you life? How would you feel?

Creative problem solvers can be a leader’s most important asset.

Downshifting is switching to a lower gear while you drive. Your automatic car does it for you, but if you drive a manual, you can downshift to slow down but also do in preparation to accelerate quickly.

There’s something magical about college football. I’m from the south, so obviously I’ve been raised to believe that college football is an important part of life, but …

What do Victory ice cream, hash browns from McDonald’s, and junk food on a road trip have in common? Tradition. 

It’s often the smallest things that make the biggest impact! As a leader, if you can embrace letting go of the little tasks, you can empower your team to do the enormous ones.

Effective time management is a critical component to Making Flex Work.

What does an independent league baseball game have to do with leadership?