The part of the country I live in has experienced window-shattering hail, tornados, flooding, wildfire warnings, temperatures in the 20’s, temperatures in the 70’s. All in just the past several weeks! And, despite the chaos, the tulips are resiliently and brightly blooming. If they waited for the invitation of perfect conditions to bloom, they would never grow. What invitation are you waiting for? The promotion, the space for strategic thinking, the new job, the vacation, the

“I’m just not good at networking” is a phrase I hear semi-regularly from the mission-driven leaders I coach and meet in the field; heck, it is a phrase I said myself years ago. When do I hear this? Often I hear this from people in transition, those that feel dissatisfied at their current employer, those seeking to grow into new roles and those that are in the process of launching something new and bold (like a new business!). They see “networking” as the thing holding them ba