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Inspiration motivates action by igniting enthusiasm, providing a vision, or evoking a sense of purpose. With inspiration, we are often energized to pursue a goal and overcome obstacles to produce tangible results.   Yet, too often, we pause, lacking the inspiration for movement. It’s not surprising … our time is filled with things that need to…

Whenever I’m near the ocean, I’m captivated by the tide rolling in … rolling out … rolling in … rolling out … each time, either increasing the amount of sand it’s covering or retrenching its coverage. In both cases, there’s movement.   Movement is the topic of our last blog “mini-series.” As we followed the path…

Over the past weeks, we’ve written about COMMUNITY and how it can help expand leadership impact. We focused on the importance of support and how involvement requires action.  We are wrapping up our mini-series with a focus on synergy. Synergy is a dynamic that, especially in work, helps people and organizations combine their resources and…

What I love about writing our blogs is the chance I get to reflect and reengage with topics that affect our leadership. Today I’ve been reflecting on community and why I engage where I do. If I asked you to name your communities, how would you reply? And if I then asked you what part…

I live in a community where almost half of the homes are occupied by “snowbirds” – people who escape their permanent home’s cold winter each year so they can enjoy the warm Florida sun for 3-6 months. The other half live here full time – they greet the neighbors walking their dogs, attend the social…

What do you think of when you hear the word community? Maybe it conjures up thoughts of your neighborhood or volunteering through service with others for a cause. At work, you may be involved in a community of practice or perhaps you’re a member of an affinity group aligned around shared experiences and/or desired outcomes. …

We’ve spent the past weeks exploring what is required to create a viable vision and we’ve reached a culminating step – declaration. How will you release your vision out into the world?  Throughout my years, both in work and life, I have made a practice of declaring my visions. At a minimum, I post a…

Ever have one of those days when you get out of bed and your back is killing you? And then the domino effect happens: Lack of alignment in your back makes you hunch over; it can cause some of your extremities to “fall asleep”; and you moan and groan … a lot!  In the last…

Insight is the origin of vision, or at least that’s how it works best. The etymology of the word insight is: “sight with the ‘eyes’ of the mind, mental vision, understanding from within.” This suggests the spark of vision happens at the sensory level, requires deep introspection, and isn’t always immediately articulatable with words. Is…

Often, we find ourselves so busy doing that we lose sight of our why. When you find yourself in this doing mode, do you remember what you desired as the ultimate outcome? Is it clear what you hoped to achieve either personally or professionally? Having a vision, a clear and aspirational description of the desired…