Deepak or Patrick Lencioni?

In exchange for the promise of good food and wine, a group of successful people volunteered to show up quarterly to ask me questions, test assumptions on my business strategy and let’s be honest, keep me on track. The idea of having a business advisory group was sparked a few months ago when my husband lovingly told me I have the propensity to start things I don’t finish. He meant this, of course, in the nicest way.

In addition to the amazing food I whipped up in freakish speed, the meeting was spectacular. You see, I’ve had this big question whether I take the personal development route or the more corporate route with employee engagement. In other words, should I be like Deepak or Patrick Lencioni? (Just the fact I only use Deepak’s first name should be a clue to my bias; I just assume you know who he is.) This has been causing me to be a little schizophrenic and uncommitted, to put it mildly.

As I suspected, they advise me to write the book and they will come. Both will come...seekers and employers alike. Do what I do naturally, get the damn book written, and let’s start a movement. There’s already some early interest in the book, so it’s time to put my head down. And, it appears I will be my own person, but more like a Steve Covey for careers, of course. I can live with that….

By the way, ask me for my Thai basil hamburger slider recipe. Yum!