Recently our dog died and his passing taught us all not to take things for granted. His excitement when we got home, his warm snugly coat, his beautiful brown eyes, his love of walking and playing.
It got me to thinking about how this relates to our business life and what we take for granted:
• Customer relationships
• High performing team members
• Our boss will take care of our careers
• Colleagues’ support
• People understand our intent
And I am sure you can add things to create your highly personal list – like my husband knows I love him and my children know I am so proud of them every day!
So my challenge to you, in memory of our beautiful family member Zack, is to STOP taking things in your life for granted. Instead, engage in conversation – make sure others know how you feel, what you are thinking, what you believe, what you need.
Especially in business we need far more leaders to be real in their humanness – we need people inspired to be courageous leaders and share their ‘stuff’.
