If Adam Grant were here, he’d tell us it’s better to be a giver than a taker, and I’d agree — except I’m going to spend the next five blog entries encouraging you to take. Stay tuned for five detailed prompts that will help you navigate transition and reimagine your next chapter, organizationally and/or personally.
The first is “take stock.” Be honest about where you find yourself.
Continue reading “Take Stock”As I wrap up our quick three-part series on William Bridges’ Managing Transitions, we’ve made it through the ending and the neutral zone and now find ourselves launching a new beginning.
Two insights popped off the page for me in this section of his book:
Continue reading “Underripe”If you are in the process of reimagining your next chapter, as an organization or individually, then my encouragement for you today is this: put yourself in situations where flashes of insight are likely to hit you.
This advice is not “try to get hit by lightning.” And it is more than “be prepared” or “do your homework.” It’s more like “hang out where fresh perspectives live in high density.”
Continue reading “Stand in the way of insight”When I was in tenth grade, I attended a leadership camp where we played a game called “Win As Much As You Can.” I love games, and I still remember this one because it had a punchline (spoiler alert): the meaning of “you” was ambiguous — was it intended to be understood as plural or singular? Your interpretation would affect how you played the game and what you understood as a win.
Continue reading “Know the Game You’re Playing”Many of you have been completing my True for You quiz, that gives you a snapshot of what you might be craving right now as you reimagine your next chapter. I can now tell you with certainty that more of you are craving “capacity” than any of the other four elements I’ve been writing about recently.
Most of us are overloaded.
Continue reading “Craving Capacity”
