The Summer is peaking. Activity everywhere. Are you enjoying it? Do I remember what that is? Lol. I hope so! Somewhere in our struggles— is the point of the journey. That we may reclaim our joy. Find better ways to serve, and hopefully have a little fun. Today, our tiny, bold move is just a crack. As in: “whenever it gets too dark in there, remember to let a little light get in.” Hop on, I always pack a second helmet.
Summer weather has hit its sweet spot. Perfect days to live outdoors. So many adventures on deck, big and small. By mid July, my Vespa 300 GTS is my main ride. I call it a two-wheel golf cart. No gears or clutch, only throttle and hand brakes. Ripping through valleys and canopied roads at 60-70 mph. Ohio is every shade of green imaginable. Its roads are exhilarating, and healing. Its hard to stay upset when you need to stay this present. The grief always catches up— but at full throttle, we are free.
I'm heading back to London on Sunday. Delivering a leadership development academy I've been designing for 24 leaders. I'm really proud of this one. Everything I wish I would've known, moving from managing self, to others, into leading teams. The more I coach, the more I discover the world we're preparing for. More volatile change, and crazy-making ambiguity. Breathtaking, selfless service (Permission 4). Deeper intuition (Permission 2)— the ability to see in the dark. To lead by intuition.
Those of us born on the new moons learn to feel our way through the dark. My friend and lunar astrologer Elle Dooley taught me this. I’m a new moon salamander. Leadership becomes equal parts inner-game, and high-leverage conversations. It all takes courage, and we can't phone it in.
The leaders of the future are coaches— expanding their capacity to hold more on the inside. While, scaling their influence and impact on the outside. Asking better questions, standing in the unknown. Expecting, and finding better answers. No hiding behind titles, politics, or getting by on charisma.
Once we complete 4 days of training north of London, we'll run it again in Baltimore for the North America crew. I never had a great reason why I was such a clown at work. My humor felt like a distraction from boring work. Now I know it was to gamify the hard shit. Sugar for the medicine. When we're playing like children, it's hard to tell how much we're learning. Or how seriously we're committing to change. I told my Chief People Officer the other day: I take my shenanigans very seriously.
My central philosophy of the Flywheel Leadership Academy:
“People generally resist being managed. They love to be led. Manage projects, expectations, and outcomes. Coach your people, lead your team.”
Leader Development (LDR DEV) feels more on purpose for me these days. Finding new urgency to share what works. What I know they’ll need.
With everything in life at the moment, the goal is elevation. Thanks again, Bono. I'm getting sick of being a "mole, diggin in a hole, digging on my soul now, going down / excavation."
The Summer Lift
Does your upcoming schedule excite you? It should! Summer swings one of two ways. Either the weather is so good we only wanna stay put and enjoy it— turning down all invitations. Or, we say yes to everything. The weekends are finite. It gets easy to overcommit.
Summer is the active season around here. Time to get our bodies moving down the trails, or our vehicles onto the open roads. After the solstice, the clock is ticking toward our next hibernation.
If life includes its share of heartbreak, then please, God— break these hearts wide open. Wide open to how hard we've loved. To how beautiful it was, and could be again. Will be someday. Open to the smallest things to be grateful for. Open to the murmur of new potential. To every miracle slapping us awake.
The tiny, bold move today is "just a crack." There's a light on in the hall. Leave it open just a crack. All the feelings will wash us clean. Somewhere the sun will rise over the tarmac. We'll get moving, and the wind will lift us by our wings.
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