It's here. That weird week where everyone feels a mental shift towards the new year, a desire to rest in the moments of the holiday and drag those on versus cranking anything crazy out, and the inherent need to goal set on what's to come- all while keeping the train on the tracks in your organization. The shift is real. Our minds are craving the time to prepare for something that is simply a calendar change but for some reason, feels so much bigger. So what do we do about it?

You've built the team. You run on vision. You all meet regularly to stay on top of things. If time doesn't always work out for a one on one to happen, they're all good, right? They know to come to you with questions and problems, right? Right? The truth? Wrong. You can put yourself out there for your team, you can say you're available, and you can do the walk to engage with your team and say hello, but a relationship is just that- time invested in getting to know and communic

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