The Number One Travel Hack You Can’t Leave Home Without

Ever stood at the baggage carousel and watched the final suitcases going around and around hoping yours will magically appear? That happened to us last night after a smooth running 23hour door to door trip to Spain. 

Luckily I’d read about this tip and followed it prior to boarding, so when our fifth bag didn’t appear we could quickly see it had been left in Madrid and didn’t make our final destination!

Everyone needs an air tag in every piece of luggage they own!

Nope I’m not on commission with Apple, but it was so helpful for us not just to know it had been misplaced during our connection, but when it was arriving back to us when it got delivered to our villa the next day. I’ve never seen my husband so happy to see a suitcase!

Best $29 we’ve ever spent, we even got one for our puppy Winston that he can wear on his collar should he ever escape!

Time to go shopping before your next business trip or summer vacation!

Dedicated to growing your business,

Val

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The Ultimate Way To Welcome Someone New To Your Team

Does how you welcome a new team member beat this?

Friday evening I watched the LA local MLS derby LAFC vs. LA Galaxy. Gareth Bale, the Welsh national team captain, had just flown in after signing a new contract for LAFC. Bale was a free agent after 8 seasons with Real Madrid winning three La Liga championships and five Champions League titles. He scored 106 goals in 258 appearances for Real Madrid. Pretty impressive record.

After beating Galaxy 3-2, the celebration started…

Normally only reserved for the man of the match winner, Bale got to lead the end of game chant in front of the 3252 North End Terrace. I can’t do it justice describing it, you have to watch the video…

Are you welcoming your new team members in unique and creative ways?

Dedicated to growing your business,

Val

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Do You Have This Important Skill Every Leader Needs Today?

A few years ago I met Martin Seligman, best selling author of more than twenty books including Learned Optimism. Seligman has long stated that positivity and grit are the two factors that differentiate outstanding performance.

…I’d like to suggest there is an essential third factor we need to add to that list…

Resilience.

I’ve observed this in my most remarkable clients in the last two and a half years.

Positivity and grit have long been talked about as essential for every leader…but the speed in which you can adapt and recover when the unexpected or unwelcome happens - your resilience- that is the new factor that sets apart the remarkable from the successful.

Over half of my current clients are making strategic acquisitions, mergers, or planning intentional change of ownership structures. All of which require a new approach to how you adapt to the world you work in.

It wasn’t always this way. An acquisition, IPO, going private, or recapitalization would distract many CEOs and boards sideways. But the matter of fact approach I am seeing leaders take is calming everyone around them. Your resilience is contagious. Your teams mimic your response.

Consider for a moment your team. How are they adapting and course correcting given the reality of today (rather than looking backwards on last week, last month or last year?)

This is true in your whole life not just your work life. I got to experience just that this weekend. Because…

40% of the Wright house have Covid!

What we have avoided meticulously for two and a half years finally changed all of our July 4th long weekend plans. Fortunately the symptoms are mild so it was an inconvenience more that a health crisis. But it did get me pondering how our family of five all rapidly adapted to our new long weekend plans in isolation. - Deja Vu for sure!

We’ve all developed thicker skins over the last two years and perhaps haven’t taken a moment to realize the resilience we have built up.

You are stronger than you realize. So is your team.

Looking for more on this topic including a trick my therapist taught me for strengthening my own resilience?

1. What does it mean to be imperturbable?

2. How to recover from intense stress

3. Strengthening Your Zone of Resilience - Chapter Seven of Words That Work

To your endless resilience!

Dedicated to growing your business,

Val

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