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October 27, 2015
The Power of Asking for Help
One of the hardest parts about starting a new job is the sheer amount of information that needs to be learned. You ask questions – and a lot of them – just to wrap your head around all the procedures, expected behavior, chains of command, and contingency plans. Thankfully, a few weeks into the job, that volume starts subsiding.
Unfortunately, so do the questions.
After a few months on the job, we feel embarrassed to stumble across something we don’t know. We try to juggle the facts as best we can to figure things out on our own. And to some extent, we need that challenge in order to grow and succeed at our jobs.
But we also need to learn that it’s okay to ask questions! Here are 5 reasons why:
1. If you’re wondering about something, someone else has probably wondered it too. There is very rarely any truly “unique” question! Speaking up could help out others who need the answer just as much as you do — and it also lets the person you ask know that something needs to be clarified or explained better.
2. Asking for advice gives someone else a chance to offer help. It tells someone that their advice or experience is needed and valued – which, in turn, boosts their confidence and strengthens their courage. It builds trust with others by letting them know you value their insight.
3. You get less egg on your face when you stop to ask for help. When you charge ahead with something – knowing you aren’t sure what’s expected or how to accomplish it, but failing to ask for help – you not only lose an opportunity to grow in your job, but also usually make more work for yourself! There is a fine line between asking for help and being helpless, but that’s defined more by your mindset than by how many questions you ask… and you can tell the difference by what you’re asking.
4. Teams and organizations are more effective when individuals communicate about problems, concerns, and uncertainties. Not asking for help when you need it could hurt your team as a whole, if it results in inferior work, which then results in decreased sales or poor customer relationships. Mark Twain said, “It is wiser to find out than to suppose.” It’s always better to know something for certain – even if it requires asking a “rookie” question – than to make an incorrect assumption.
5. Asking questions make you a more effective leader. Admitting that you don’t know everything is a sign of wisdom and humility – both hallmarks of great leadership. Asking for someone’s help takes courage but it displays authenticity and a willingness to learn – both of which make you more approachable to others.
As Nobel Prize Winner Naguib Mahfouz wrote: “You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.” Yes, you should be thoughtful in how you ask – but it is almost never wrong to ask something if you aren’t sure of the answer.
No man is an island. No matter who you are, no matter how successful you become, you will always need the ideas and experience of others.
Remember, it’s okay to not know everything. It just makes you human!
Tell me something! Do you find it easy or hard to ask questions in your job? Why?
October 23, 2015
Featured on Friday: @bobtiede Great Leaders Ask Questions
I’ve got a question for you – what was the last great leadership quote you heard? How did it impact your life or work? Would you like to share it in the comments?
Bob Tiede is known for asking questions, drawing people out, and helping to spread great leadership wisdom in the world on his blog, Leading With Questions. And now he’s doing even more!
This week we’re celebrating the launch of his FREE ebook, Great Leaders Ask Questions: A Fortune 100 List. This list was compiled by Bob, and highlights more than 100 questions to ask yourself, your team, your boss, your friends and family to help you connect with others more deeply and profoundly.
Looking for some thought-provoking reading for the weekend? Bob’s got you covered!
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If you like what you read in Bob’s ebook, he regularly curates and shares wisdom from the world’s leaders on his blog and social media channels. Looking for someone who does more other-promotion than self-promotion? Bob’s your man! Check out his blog and follow him on social today.
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October 21, 2015
Q and A with Julie Winkle Giulioni (@Julie_WG): Building Influence Online
Three years ago, my team and I partnered with Julie Winkle Giulioni to launch her first book, Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go. Since that time, I’ve continued to admire the way Julie shows up online. I asked Julie to take some time to talk about what has worked well for her in building online influence in hopes that her learning will be of help to our readers. She has experienced tremendous results and benefits from her online influence, starting with continued book sales over time. I always love talking with Julie and I’m sure her insights here will inspire you. Thanks, Julile!
What is the most important lesson you’ve learned about growing online influence?
Start way earlier than when you think you need to. I didn’t get what it was going to take to ramp up. Everything takes longer than you think it is going to. You really have to give it time, especially if you want your online presence to be authentic. The time factor is huge.
What activities do you see that are most valuable for you?
The value of regular blogging is very important. Also, the way one blog can be used in so many ways to create nodes of connectivity. It still stuns me how it works to slice up one blog post in a systematic, disciplined approach to online sharing.
Connecting to other bloggers has also been very valuable, being able to use the book launch as a springboard to other relationships that have extended into more real life.
What advice would you give to someone who is just beginning to grow influence online?
As you look at opportunities, consider yes to be the default. Find ways to say yes… even if it’s scary. I was struck by how whenever I say yes to something, it spawns so many other things. I said yes to writing a paid blog, which led to conferences, which led to a webinar, which led to some lucrative business in my own region. It’s easy to shy away from things, thinking you’re not ready or it won’t be perfect. Say yes and figure it out.
Do what it takes to get past the self-conscious phase of worrying what people will think of you. In the beginning, I felt uneasy wondering if people would judge me for what I blogged or tweeted. In the beginning, I had to remember that no one was reading it any way. It was my mantra.
Get creative and find new ways to spin a topic to effectively repurpose the work you’ve done. For example, I’ve repurposed blog posts to short audio segments on Audvisor. You have to leverage the work in a variety of ways so you have bandwidth to keep going.
And, take a day off from your social media activities every week. There is always more to do so preserve your sanity and ensure that your efforts will be sustainable.
What opportunities have you gained that you would not have had without being online?
Conferences, webinars, clients, and book sales. Sustained effort in my online presence has maintained a respectable sales rank over three years.
What relationships have you been able to cultivate that you would not have without being online?
I met other bloggers with whom I have developed real friendships, mentoring relationship, including Jennifer Miller.
Additionally, I’ve been able to work with incredible organizations as a result of my online presence and my work with you.
What challenges have you experienced in growing your online presence?
Feeling self-conscious.
Trying to balance brand building and coherent message and staying engaged and interested. If something strikes me in the moment, I want to be able to write based on inspiration but I need to balance that with staying in my content area. Staying consistent in my activity has been difficult – as new opportunities come up, I struggle to find the time to keep my regular social media posting going.
Mining my previous content for ideas to take in a different directions has been helpful.
What surprises have you experienced in growing your online presence?
A major surprise has been the authentic, genuine relationships I’ve been able to form, virtually. I have friends, people I genuinely care about and look forward to connecting with.
What started out as a book marketing tool has turned into something that has provided tremendous personal enjoyment/fulfillment as well.
What one factor do you see as most critical to your burgeoning success as a thought leader?
Having the good sense to recognize the value of partnering with a team like the team at Weaving Influence.
Tell me something! Which of Julie’s advice is most helpful to you? What else would you add about the benefits of building online influence?
October 16, 2015
Featured on Friday: @shelleyrow
Do you ever over-think things? I sure do. I’ve often blamed it on my personality type (INTJ), or the fact that I play devil’s advocate a lot (something my sweet husband reminded me of just last night), but if you don’t examine every side of an issue or plan, how will you know what you could be missing, right?
But there’s another side to this over-thinking habit – getting stuck because you are too afraid to move forward. If I’m so concerned that I haven’t thought of every possibility, then I will never be able to step out and take a risk. Although details and facts are certainly important, there are times in life when over-thinking will kill the opportunity before you. Over-thinking has been my downfall more than once, and although not every risk will turn out well, you never know until you try.
The woman we’re featuring today identifies herself as “a recovering over-thinker” – a label I can definitely identify with.
Meet Shelley Row
Shelley is a registered professional engineer who holds an MBA degree, and is the creator of the Infotuition™ Cognition-Intuition Balance Model. For chronic over-thinkers, Shelley offers Infotuition™ insights based on personal interviews with over 70 leaders, backed up by scientific research and aimed at helping over-thinkers, like me, become better decision-makers.
About herself, Shelley says:
I have been an over-thinker all my life… and, I might add, an accomplished one. My dad, an air force pilot, taught me the value of thinking. That skill came in handy as I obtained degrees in civil engineering, architecture and an MBA.
I started as a transportation engineer in 1984 when women engineers were few. While working in several states including Georgia (for the 1996 Olympics), I learned to excel in a man’s world. But, I could tell the executives had something I didn’t. What was it? Finally, I realized it was the power of feelings – the nudge of intuition. It dawned on me…. You can’t think your way to the top.
Leaders used both intellect and intuition. They think, feel, and then, act. When I learned to do the same, I transformed:
From a woman engineer to a woman executive,
From a goal setter to goal achiever, and
From having a dream to living my dream.
Anyone can do it. Really. Anyone. That means you!
Connect with Shelley Online
Find Shelley on: Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Learn more about Infotuition™ by visiting her website.
Learn More from Shelley
Interested in getting out of the habit of over-thinking? Shelley has a lot of options to help you, including:
Her book, Think Less, Live More – available on Amazon (and find out more HERE)
Sign up for Shelley’s newsletter (sign up info found HERE)
Bookmark her blog for regular reading
She offers coaching and consulting services – contact her to learn more
Sign up through our Buzz Building form for the opportunity to host a guest post from Shelley on your blog
You Tell Me! Do you over-think everything, or jump in quickly?
October 13, 2015
Do’s and Don’ts of Your Job Search
Let’s face it. Being an adult can be overwhelming. Especially after going to school for more than 15 years. What can you do to prepare for that readjustment post-college? How can you make it as stress free as possible? What can you do to secure a job after you finally earn that degree that cost you $50,000?
Ask yourself these important questions
Before you get started with networking and online research, you really need to take the time to ask yourself these questions: What kind of job do I want? What kind of company do I want to work for whether it’s a fortune-500, non-profit, or an agency? Am I good fit for this company’s culture? What are the most important factors I’m looking for in this job search? Knowing the answer to these questions will help you filter out jobs. The key is to focus on the jobs that are meaningful to you, and give them a stellar application instead of tossing out your resume to every application you see.
Commit to daily research
Using resources like LinkedIn and Indeed are a good way to start your search. But sometimes you have to dig a little deeper. I would sift through connections on LinkedIn to see what kind of job titles people had and what companies they worked for. That’s an excellent way to find out who is hiring. Also use search engines that are geared towards a specific industry or geographical location. I used OhioMeansJobs.com and EntertainmentCareers.Net for additional help.
Budget your money
My biggest mistake was that I never kept track of how much money I was earning vs. how much I was spending. I was like most college students that wanted to enjoy senior year by having a social life every weekend, going on trips here and there, and going out to eat every other day. I highly recommend to start saving half your paychecks, tackle student loans as soon as possible, and live within your means. That last thing you’re going to want to stress about is money in between jobs.
Don’t send the same resume over and over
Every resume should be unique. You should highlight the skills you have that match the requirements for the job you’re applying for. For every social media job I applied for, I made sure the first bullet point under each title included social media work that I accomplished. That’s going to be the first thing that the employer reads when skimming through your resume so make the wording catchy and specific.
Don’t make salary your top priority
Personal happiness should always be more important than salary. The more money you make equals more stress on the job. You’re probably going to have a lot of responsibilities that can greatly affect the success of the company. Ask yourself if you can handle that kind of pressure in your first position. Ask yourself when looking at the job description if you’re passionate about the job responsibilities and what the company stands for. If you have any doubts, you should probably say no, and move onto the next opportunity. Just remember that in many industries, you’re going to start at the bottom of the ladder, and your salary will reflect that. You’ll make that higher salary once you prove your worth.
Don’t panic
Yes, this is the hardest emotion to avoid when dealing with the unknown. It felt worse for me when people I know found jobs before they even graduated. But everyone’s career path is going to be unique, and you should never, ever compare yourself to other people. There IS a company out there with a culture that fits your personality, and career goals. Just be patient. I promise it’s out there.
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October 8, 2015
Scary + Lonely = On the Right Track
This week marks the launch of Whitney Johnson’s latest book, Disrupt Yourself. I am especially invested in this book because Whitney Johnson has been an important friend and mentor in my life.
When Jesse Lyn Stoner introduced us in late 2011, I had no idea that my saying yes to Whitney as a book marketing consulting client would catapult me to the career growth and success I’m currently enjoying.
That one yes to Whitney as a client led to more yeses to other clients. Because of my work with Whitney, I hired my first subcontractor and began to build a team. My yes to Whitney led me to leap from the comfort of a steady, guaranteed paycheck to an unknown future as an entrepreneur.
With her encouragement, and support from a host of others, I started a journey that continually brings me (and others) joy and blessing. I am so grateful.
There have been days when this journey has been scary and lonely.
But the journey has been less scary and less lonely because I’ve had Whitney’s voice in my head, normalizing the experience.
The good news is that because Whitney has now codified her wisdom and insights in her latest book, anyone can now have her wise, helpful advice readily available. If you are willing to take a leap with your life and career, you need her words in your head to push you off the ledge, or pull you back. You need her reminder that showing up is the most important metric of all. You need to hear her comfort that if it’s scary and lonely, you are certainly on the right track.
I hope you’ll take a moment, today, to order or review Whitney’s book.
October 6, 2015
Tips for Doing Battle with Resistance and Busyness
One of the best parts of working for Weaving Influence is being surrounded by some of the best and deepest thinkers in leadership today. I’m regularly inspired by our clients to try new things, develop new ways of thinking, and keep learning.
I’m often amazed at how the blog I need to read will be posted by a client right when I need it. That happened just two weeks ago with a really spectacular series on Resistance by Mark Miller. If you haven’t read it yet, head over now to check out all three parts.
We all face resistance in our lives—and truthfully, I thought I was doing a pretty good job resisting it! I started running again and was heading outside 6 mornings a week. I’d been doing that since July, but I was starting to take an extra rest day or eat junk that made me sluggish in my next run. Mark’s blog helped me realize every time I sat on the couch instead of lacing up my shoes, I was letting resistance win. So now, when I hear the siren call of the sofa or those little mello-crème pumpkins, I repeat a mantra to myself: “If you eat the junk or choose the couch, resistance wins.” It’s kept me running even as Hurricane Joaquin dumped days of rain on us here in North Carolina. I’m in an active battle with resistance on this front and I thank Mark for preparing me to win.
His blog got me thinking about how resistance pops up in other parts of my life. I consider myself pretty self-disciplined when it comes to my work, but when I took a deeper look, I realized I struggle with resistance’s twin sister—busyness. I am busy from the time I wake up until the time I go to bed each night. Why are we all so busy, busy, busy? Are we doing more than our parents did? Are we just that important? Here are some of my thoughts about busyness:
I don’t want to fail, so I’m always saying ‘yes’ to new tasks and responsibilities at work and home. I think, deep down, I will be able to make everyone happy if I do everything.
I’m a control freak. If I delegate, I lose some control—but if I don’t, that hamster wheel of busyness just keeps spinning faster.
And a really important factor for me—I need a sense of urgency in my life. I worked in television news for 20 years. I was always racing to meet multiple daily deadlines. Basically, I was an adrenaline junkie who’s afraid of heights. Where do I get my fix now? I create artificial busyness.
I understand that the busyness is not making me more productive or happier. It’s just causing more and more stress. My goal is to slow the hamster wheel down and identify ways I can cut out the busyness in my life and create more capacity and peace.
Here are some of the things I’m trying to do to defeat busyness everyday:
Schedule and honor time to do things that matter to me. I’m trying the Miracle Morning approach and it’s helping. My runs are built into my morning time.
Delegate. I haven’t done this as quickly or as effectively as I would like, but I’m making progress.
Identify the 20% of work that delivers 80% of results—and doing those things, delegating the other tasks, or in some cases letting them slide because they aren’t important anyway.
Focus on one thing at a time instead of multi-tasking.
Put my phone down more often.
As a friend of mine likes to say, it’s a work in progress. I’m a work in progress, but I have my sights set on putting resistance and busyness in their place.
Tell me something! How are you fighting resistance and busyness?
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October 2, 2015
Featured on Friday: Co-Authors @kenblanchard @wiredleadership @parisicarew
The final book launch season of 2015 is heating up, starting next week with the launch of Whitney Johnson’s new book, Disrupt Yourself, and continuing into the following week (Oct. 12 – 16) with the launch of Collaboration Begins with You.
As the Book Launch Director at Weaving Influence, I (Carrie) have a full email inbox and lots of tasks ahead of me to make sure that our team of Buzz Builders know what’s coming up, and have what they need to spread the buzz on social. There’s nothing I love more than being able to connect great authors with awesome promoters. If you’ve been a part of any of our past launches, “awesome promoters” includes YOU – so give yourself a pat on the back!
“Great authors” includes this Rock Star team of three that I have had the privilege of working with over the last few months…
Meet Ken Blanchard, Jane Ripley, and Eunice Parisi-Carew
Ken Blanchard is one of the most influential leadership experts in the world. He has co-authored more than 60 books including The New One Minute Manager [Featured HERE], The Secret [Featured HERE], and Leading At A Higher Level. His groundbreaking works have been translated into 42 languages and their combined sales total more than 21 million copies. In 2005 he was inducted into Amazon’s Hall of Fame as one of the top 25 bestselling authors of all time. The recipient of numerous leadership awards and honors, he is co-founder with his wife, Margie, of The Ken Blanchard Companies, a leading international training and consulting firm.
Jane Ripley is co-founder of WiredLeaders.com, a leadership development company focusing on collaboration. Her work life has been shaped by three significant experiences relating to leadership and collaboration: watching her father struggle in his career, serving as an officer in the British Army, and working with The Ken Blanchard Companies. In 2012, Jane enrolled at the Kingston Business School to earn an MSC in Business Psychology. For her dissertation she chose the topic of collaboration and a case study approach based within an analytical instruments company, which had ‘implemented’ collaboration but were not seeing the hoped for results. Her research led to the writing of Collaboration Begins with You with her co-authors.
Dr. Eunice Parisi-Carew is a speaker, highly regarded management consultant and trainer, bestselling author, and no-nonsense businesswoman. With over 25 years of experience working with teams in various capacities, she brings a practitioner’s knowledge of the power of teams as a strategy. She is the co-author of three bestselling books: The One Minute Manager Builds High Performing Teams, High Five!, and Leading At A Higher Level. Senior researcher for the Office of the Future at The Ken Blanchard Companies, Eunice is also a faculty and board member for the Master of Science in Executive Leadership program at the University of San Diego. Eunice received her doctorate in behavioral sciences from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is a member of the NTL Institute, a licensed psychologist, and a certified organizational consultant.
Connect with Ken, Jane, and Eunice Online
Find Ken on: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+
Connect with Jane on: Twitter and LinkedIn
Look for Eunice on: Twitter and LinkedIn
Collaboration Begins with You: About, Support, Webinar
Everyone knows collaboration creates high performing teams and organizations – and with today’s diverse, globalized workforce, collaboration is absolutely crucial. Yet it often doesn’t happen, as people typically believe that the problem is outside of their control.
Collaboration Begins with You helps leaders at all levels create and develop a culture that uses differences to spur contribution and creativity; provides a safe, trusting environment; involves everyone in creating a sense of purpose, values, and goals; encourages the sharing of information; and turns everyone into an empowered self-leader.
We’re set to launch October 12-16, and there are lots of ways to be a part of the Collaboration launch, including…
Joining Ken, Jane, and Eunice for a FREE, one-hour webinar (hosted by Becky Robinson) on October 14th at 12 pm (ET). {Register Now}
Write a review of Collaboration Begins with You on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Goodreads (go ahead and spread the love!)
Don’t forget to visit collaborationbeginswithyou.com for images to share on social from now through the launch!
Tweet about the book and tag a leader on Twitter – help us spread the word and build the buzz! Start by tweeting this right now…
Excited about reading #CollaborationBeginsWithYou by @kenblanchard @wiredleadership & @parisicarew! collaborationbeginswithyou.com {Tweet Now}
Thanks for helping us build the buzz… see you on October 12th!
September 30, 2015
Turning Service Around (And a Giveaway!)
Everyone reading this probably has several stories of good and bad experiences with restaurants. I recently spent fifteen minutes parked, waiting for my “drive-through” food. Delays and mistakes happen, but sometimes it feels as though the staff feels no urgency to please me as a customer.
It was tempting to blast that chain on Twitter, to shine a spotlight on the irritation which was mushrooming with each passing moment, but I let that one pass.
Cheryl Bachelder, CEO of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, incorporates spotlights into one of her messages about leadership: the spotlight problem. She says leadership is a lot like being on a Broadway stage. The light hits the stage and we wait for the main actor to come out and start telling the story. Too many leaders hunger for the spotlight, want to stay in the spotlight, and don’t shine the spotlight on others often enough.
Wherever you are on your leadership journey — on stage, in the wings, or in the audience — Cheryl has developed several free resources which can help.
The Journey To Personal Purpose Self-Assessment is an extremely thorough and thought-provoking exercise that is designed to help you get to know yourself in a deep way by examining the key life events, values, and strengths that define you as a leader. Click here to get started.
The free 40-Week Leadership Challenge provides a weekly email in which Cheryl guides you to become a Dare To Serve leader. Each email includes a weekly question, inspirational stories, and tips of how to put your learning into practice. Click here to get started.
The Dare To Serve Discussion Guide is an 8-week discussion guide which can be used by a small group of leaders for a conversation on Dare To Serve™ leadership. The guide facilitates provocative conversations on a leadership approach that serves and performs. (There is also a faith-based version available.) Click here to get started.
Would you like to win a copy of Cheryl’s book, Dare to Serve? Please leave a comment telling us which of the three free resources sounds most useful for you at this point in your leadership journey (hint: it’s okay to say “all three!!”). We will select the winner on Friday, October 2, at noon ET.
As I am composing this post, I am re-listening to the Dare to Serve Webinar from earlier this year. Hearing Cheryl’s explanation of fixing things that are broken, delivering performance results, and helping people believe in each other and their employer again reminds me how much all of us have to gain from Cheryl’s hard-won wisdom (and she’s offering it all for free!).
All that hard-won wisdom has paid off in a pretty special spotlight for Cheryl! She won the Norman Award, which is presented annually by MUFSO to one industry executive whose leadership philosophy and actions have had a significant impact on their industry peers and have also inspired future industry leaders. Each winner is “a sterling example of continuing the legacy of selfless leadership and mentoring that the late Norman Brinker was so highly regarded for in our industry.” Here’s a picture of Cheryl receiving the award – congratulations Cheryl!
September 25, 2015
Featured on Friday: #iamthankful
You’ll forgive me if I make this Featured on Friday post a little bit personal, won’t you? Sometimes, life really does hand you lemons. It hasn’t exactly been a banner week for the Weaving Influence team, and more than once, someone from the team has asked if it’s Friday yet.
Today, it finally is Friday… and #iamthankful
We found ourselves short-staffed this week, and scrambling to come up with ways to fill in the gaps. We’ve been here before, and those of us who have been around for a while (Becky, Amy, me), were not looking forward to doing it again. But this time, it was different. We had a true team – people who pulled together, volunteered to work more hours, jumped in to get the jobs done. We were busy and hectic and stressed – yes – but not alone.
Together, we are stronger… and #iamthankful
Not only did the team – both those in the office and those working virtually – pull together, but our amazing clients put into practice the leadership and coaching principles that they preach. They encouraged, they cheered, they advised, they shared their own struggles. They gave grace when deadlines were short and acknowledged our team’s effort to keep the work flowing without a hitch. This week our clients were more than clients – they were our partners.
Encouragement comes from the most unexpected places… and #iamthankful
As we faced our challenges this week, each person on the Weaving Influence team had the opportunity to step up and show what they could offer. I don’t have room (or the brain power – if I’m honest) to acknowledge them all, so I’ll just focus on “our fearless leader” as many on the team call Becky.
You know my story – I wouldn’t be here today if Becky hadn’t risked taking a chance on a Twitter stranger. But my story is not unique in the Weaving Influence world. Becky connected with Jessica on a school field trip, and now Jessica has a skill set that allows her to give back at a local non-profit when she’s not working as Becky’s executive assistant. Amy was a recently “retired” stay-at-home mom, looking for work that fit with her unofficial job as a caretaker to three elderly relatives – Becky reached out on Facebook and three years later, Amy’s helping to lead the company. Elizabeth had health concerns that kept her from “normal” employment options, but Becky found her through our Buzz Building network and now Elizabeth is a reliable member of our virtual team.
I could go on… every person working with Weaving Influence probably has a “Becky” story… a way that Becky opened a door of opportunity for them and made a difference in their life, and the lives of their families. She is willing to work hard, make tough decisions, and handle the negative feedback that occasionally comes. She dreams big (far bigger than I do with my “safety-first” personality), and then gets to work making those dreams a reality – not only for her, but for those in her world.
Entrepreneurs like Becky open doors of opportunity every day… and #iamthankful
