by Becky Robinson | Nov 13, 2015 | Reflections
I started 2015 with a pretty big goal related to the revenue growth I hoped to achieve in my company. If we had reached it, it would have represented a 51% increase over last year. With only seven weeks left this year, it’s pretty safe to say that we won’t...
by Becky Robinson | Nov 3, 2015 | Reflections
More than 20 years ago, I stood at my work mailbox, retrieved a page of meeting minutes, and stopped in my tracks. Someone had inadvertently shared the minutes of a meeting to which I was not invited, one in which people shared candid feedback about my performance. It...
by Becky Robinson | Oct 29, 2015 | Business Growth
A wise client and friend of mine recently encouraged me to consider that every time someone makes an exit from my company, it provides an opportunity for an upgrade. Because I value growth, this perspective makes sense to me. As our company grows, our needs change;...
by Becky Robinson | Oct 21, 2015 | Reflections
Days before my second marathon, a well-meaning friend said, “If you can’t finish, go as far as you can.” I laughed and gently told her “I’ll finish. Quitting is not an option.” Nearly everyone who enters a marathon enters with the...
by Becky Robinson | Oct 6, 2015 | Reflections
I’ve been running, although not always consistently, for more than 22 years. Among the good running habits I’ve failed to consistently practice: stretching. I’m not sure why I’ve never had a stretching regimen. I wasn’t a high school or...
by Becky Robinson | Sep 28, 2015 | Reflections
The first time I ever fired a person, I failed —in a spectacular way. I’d sensed for months that the working relationship wasn’t working out, but every time we got together, I resisted sharing constructive feedback. I resisted, month after month, until I...
by Becky Robinson | Sep 11, 2015 | Reflections
I’ve been running for more than twenty years, though not consistently. Sometime in recent years, I decided that every mile a gift. Lately, running has been more difficult for me, and I’ve thought more deeply about the phrase, my running mantra:...
by Becky Robinson | Aug 20, 2015 | Reflections
I’m training for my second marathon. The idea has been in my mind all summer but I didn’t commit until a few days ago. Before that, I was hedging, training for the marathon but reserving the possibility that I would switch to a half marathon distance race...
by Becky Robinson | Aug 13, 2015 | Business Growth
We’ve been talking about “Famous Last Words” in our business lately, those things we say that we are so certain of that very quickly prove to be incorrect. For example, for the first year or so of our business, my friend Angie, who worked with us...
by Becky Robinson | Jul 9, 2015 | Reflections
I woke to the sound of rain, steady and unrelenting. I love rain for sleeping, but I got out of bed at my usual time, walked downstairs, opened our sliding door to the cool air, and made a cup of coffee. While waiting for the brew, I stretched out on the couch in our...
