Awkward…..
Do you feel this way, too? Getting back into groups and spending time with people IRL is awkward.
Going back to the office
Every Vistage group is having the same discussion: how/ who/ when to go back to the office? Those who never stopped going in – the essential in-person company leaders roll – their eyes. They have been masked up and in the office/field the whole time, but what about the rest of us????
Plot it!
We got one of those calls last Sunday morning that you do not look forward to – Paul’s cousin, Dennis Connolly had stopped breathing at the rehab center. Almost 82 years old, he left no children – Paul was his closest relative. What now?
To Moms and Momalas and Aunties and G’mas
Today is that day that my Mom always dismissed as a Hallmark Holiday. To her, it was a made-up day to sell greeting cards. For the florists, it may be the beginning of recovery from the pandemic. And for many it is a reminder of something or someone they miss.
Get out of my own way
A few days ago I realized that once again, it was me that was holding me up. It was time to get out of my own way, again. Sigh.
Recruiting – not hiring
When the pandemic began last year, and many parts of the economy hit a hard stop, I warned that how we treat our team members will long be remembered. They may not leave us in the moment, but the opportunity would come with the recovery. In case you hadn’t noticed, that moment has arrived. Contacted […]
Above and Beyond
Floating through my head these days is a Christmas song which starts: “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…..everywhere I go….”. There is a sense of giddiness as people are past their second vaccine and they are meeting in person. Plans are being made to return to offices, to travel, to resume where we […]
Hope now
It is such a hopeful time! Easter is the story of hope. Spring’s beauty shouts hope. The number of shots in arms screams hope. I’m noticing that hope is an individual and a group phenomena. What is your hope now for yourself? And what is your hope now for our country?
unintended benefits of PPP money
Has anyone studied the actual uses of the Payroll Protection Plan (PPP) loans/forgiveness? Because the pandemic totally devastated approximately 20% of the economy in sectors like travel, events, hotels and dining, it is hard to imagine how these industries have survived, or how the PPP money could have helped them for long. If they are […]
Grandparent
From the time I was young and impatient to be a teenager and then an adult and then a manager and then an owner and then to sell and so on, I wondered if there would ever be a time when I was content to just be. At 66 years old, the answer is still […]