Books 3/4

This is where our conversations grow! Here you explore the big topics further, and more deeply, with others on similar paths. Read. Comment. Engage. Thrive.

Want to know what books are coming up?

Click Here for the Reading List

Here's Some Feedback

Feedback, we all give it but are we giving good feedback or really just voicing a thinly disguised complaint?

Sarah Carter

Aug 2, 20194 min read

Perfectly Imperfect

Who is your leadership idol? Role model? The person whose shoes you wish you stood in? When you think of them, angels sing, crowds part...

Sarah Carter

Jul 19, 20194 min read

Over Using Strengths = Time Debt

"What makes you great also makes you vulnerable" pg. 141. Go ahead and reread that one a couple of times to let it really sink in.

Sarah Carter

Jun 21, 20194 min read

#MeaningfulOverUrgent

How do you value your time? How are you spending it? Are you choosing the meaningful over the urgent?

Sarah Carter

Jun 7, 20194 min read

HOW does it apply to WHAT I do?

My WHY is to encourage others to be their best, most successful, joyous self in all of their endeavors. What's yours?

Sarah Carter

May 24, 20195 min read

But WHY????

"A clear sense of WHY sets expectations. When we don't know an organization's WHY, we don't know what to expect, so we expect the minimum"

Sarah Carter

May 10, 20195 min read

Integrating the 3Ms is just the Start

Lasting change to the military spouse unemployment and under employment issues will take more than a single initiative, on-base-program...

Sarah Carter

Apr 12, 20194 min read

Military Spouse (Un)Employment

Fish out of water does not even scratch the surface of how I felt…livid is perhaps more accurate.

Sarah Carter

Mar 29, 20194 min read

Servant Leadership #2

The topic of servant leadership is near and dear to my heart. It is a leadership method, choice, dedication, & I would dare say an art form.

Sarah Carter

Mar 1, 20194 min read

Better Leaders Make Themselves

When I heard a former colleague of mine was going to be publishing a book, I could not wait to get my hands on a copy.

Sarah Carter

Feb 16, 20196 min read

Identify Your Values

"Finding something important and meaningful in your life is perhaps the most productive use of your time and energy" pg. 18.

Sarah Carter

Feb 1, 20194 min read

Maturity

Maturity is two-fold: choosing the things to give a fuck about and taking responsibility for all aspects of giving a fuck

Sarah Carter

Jan 18, 20195 min read

Sticky Stumbling Blocks

Valorie introduces the acronym FOG (Fear, Overwhelm, and God's will and your will don't match page 40).

Sarah Carter

Dec 21, 20186 min read

Getting Unstuck

First off, what does it mean to be stuck? "Stuck is a pattern of counterproductive thinking or behavior...

Sarah Carter

Dec 7, 20186 min read

Happy Hybrid

Neither the Spider nor the Starfish are perfect in the animal kingdom or in the corporate environment.

Sarah Carter

Nov 23, 20185 min read

Pros and Cons

A spider walks into a bar and the bartender asks what's your poison? That is about as much as I thought a spider could have to do w/ orgs...

Sarah Carter

Nov 9, 20185 min read

Success Soundbites

"success is not the result of any single quality; it's about alignment between who you are and where you choose to be." pg 265

Sarah Carter

Oct 11, 20184 min read

Let it go!

People are going to hurt, aggravate, belittle, ignore, undermine, and generally piss you off from time to time.

Sarah Carter

Aug 31, 20184 min read

Apologies done right are a sign of strength.

Apologizes framed by an If, But, or other similar phrase feel empty because they lack the weight of sincerity. This "sneaky little add-on...

Sarah Carter

Aug 16, 20184 min read

Integrity, Ownership, and Trust

I was lied to!! About something that was so trivial that it left me baffled that someone would lie about it!

Sarah Carter

Aug 5, 20186 min read