Life As A Leader

I'm not going to post every day on my blog, but I thought it was important to post today as something really hit home with me. "Why do we have to change?"  I'm in the process of changing companies.  It's not that I wanted to leave my old company, I was left with no choice because they are closing their doors.  It was a change that I was forced to make.  Along with myself, 17,000 other employees over the past 6 months have been forced to make a similar change in their lives.  To say the least, it hasn't come easy. A few years ago, my team at the time was having some difficulty understanding some of the changes that the company was making.  I could see they were struggling to understand the new direction that the company was taking.  Some of them were even digging their heels in staying they just wanted to do it the way that we have always done it.  "Why do we have to change?"  The following week during our weekly meeting, I sat down with them

On Friday, I completed my career at Sears Canada and after a total of almost 10 years with the company it was definitely hard to say goodbye.  There are many things I could say about what went wrong but I have never been (and hopefully never will be) one to focus on the negative.  I choose to find the positive wherever I can because negativity doesn't help me or anyone else.  However, the truth is that it has come to an end. "However, the truth is that it has come to an end." In my first run with the company as a sales associate, I quickly learned about myself what I loved and where my passion lied.  It was the interaction with people that became almost intoxicating to me and left me desiring more.  But it wasn't just the social atmosphere that I enjoyed, it was the genuine care for people that was hypnotizing to me.  I loved the people that I worked with (my team members) and the people I worked for (my customers).  It made my job so enjoyable and it hooked me