When the worst things become the best things
Today’s guest author is Becky Robinson, writing in support of the launch of Lead Positive, the latest book from Kathryn D. Cramer, PhD. Dr. Cramer, who is passionate about possibilities and potential, is an Emmy-winner, business consultant, psychologist, and author who has written nine books, including the best-selling Change the Way You See Everything. She created and has dedicated her life to asset-based thinking (ABT), a way of looking at the world that helps leaders, influencers, and their teams make small shifts in thinking to produce extraordinary impact. Her latest book, Lead Positive: What Highly Effective Leaders See, Say & Do , shows leaders how to increase their effectiveness through her revolutionary mindset management process, Asset-Based Thinking.
Last week at a business lunch, one of my colleagues said a surprising thing.
In referencing some subcontractors who left our company last summer, she declared “Their leaving our company is one of the best things that have happened to our team.”
I remember how I felt when they left. I cried. I took it personally. I felt discouraged. I wanted to quit. I struggled to identify the right people to fill in the gaps they left. (more…)
