Leaning in

Apparently I decided to take "summer break" on the blog?!? :o)  Here's hoping to a little more consistency going forward, although I feel like I've said this before...  I've recently had one of those big life-change events and its had me delving into introspective mode, always a good driver for blogging.  ;o)

In mid-June, a job opportunity opened up for an engineering department manager position at work.  I vacillated on whether or not to apply for the position and had decided to not.  Luckily, I have some very amazing women that helped me realize that by not even applying, I was doing the exact opposite of what I coach all my other girlfriends to do?!?  So I jumped out on the limb and threw my name in the hat.  Flash forward to mid-August and I've been operating in this new role for 3 weeks now!

It is crazy overwhelming and I'm sure I'm not even touching the tip of the iceberg.  Strangely over the past 2 years, I've learned that I need a level of chaos to really drive myself to that next level.  One of the things that I love is that it really has me questioning what I stand for as a leader.   I had my first team meeting with the group this week and as part of this, I wanted to share those core beliefs with them.

As I built this slide, I realized that I don't just live this way at work, these are really LIFE principles for me and worth recapping here.  Its time to lean in baby!