by Carrie Koens | Feb 14, 2017 | Influence Building
Three years ago, my husband and I were in the City of Light, celebrating our “last hurrah” before we settled down and finalized the adoption of our five kids. We didn’t realize that it would be almost three more years before that was completed and the kids were home,...
by Becky Robinson | Feb 3, 2015 | Inspiration
Amy, a long-time Weaving Influence team member, lost her mother, Carolyn, last week. In the week or so before her mother’s death, she took off some time to plan music and gather photos for her mother’s memorial service. She said, wisely, “I...
by Becky Robinson | Jul 10, 2013 | Influence Building
I’ve been building my company for more than a year now, depending on when you start the calendar. If you count from the first time I worked with a private coaching client (summer of 2011), then it’s two years. If you count from the time I hired my first...
by Becky Robinson | May 17, 2013 | Leadership
We love our staff. Seriously. Love them. That means that we empower them to take risks, catch them when they are falling, cover them when family needs to come first, push them to overcome their own inhibitions, and celebrate with them when they create greatness....
by Becky Robinson | Feb 26, 2013 | Inspiration
It poured rain for a few hours but now the rain has turned to snow. Earlier, I watch a pine branch crack and fall, and the branches outside my window are heavy, heavy with this winter snow and ice. Those branches — they are heavy, but my heart, my heart is light — the...