Closing Shop

Falling in Love with Our Work Again

Since the early days of the pandemic, I’ve been doing some career coaching and consulting, assisting individuals whose jobs were eliminated with the practicalities of job search—resume writing, interviewing, negotiating offers, those kinds of things. I’ve been surprised by the long tenure enjoyed by many of my candidates. It’s not uncommon for someone I’m working…

Closing Shop / Emotional Process / Human Soul at Work / Leading in Uncertainty / Spiritual Direction

Asking for a Sign

Today, March 25, is the Feast of the Annunciation. In the Christian tradition, this day marks the visit by the angel Gabriel to the virgin Mary, telling her that the Holy Spirit would come upon her and she would bear a son named Jesus. “He will be great,” Gabriel said, “and will be called the…

Closing Shop / Leading in Uncertainty / Strategic Leadership / Systems Thinking

Lines of Credit, Loans, and Other Lifelines

There’s a myth that entrepreneurs and small business owners are people who love risk. Actually, we don’t. We assume risk, sure. But mostly, we try to mitigate it. We do everything we can to make sure our next venture or product offering will be successful, fully aware that not everything we try will be. We’re…

Closing Shop / Complexity / Human Soul at Work / Leading in Uncertainty / Strategic Leadership

In September 2007, my business-partner husband and I were in London, UK. We had just arrived from Chennai, India, after a visit to our offshore production team. We were spending a few days in the city before heading north to my aunt’s bed and breakfast in Yorkshire. I remember sitting on the bed in our…