Author: Lori Harder

What do you do when you and someone close to you – a friend, a business partner, a spouse – are in two different seasons? Sometimes you’re going to find yourself working closely with someone who’s in a different mode of life than you, so you’ve got to learn how to make the most of it.

First and foremost: honor whatever season you’re in. Whether you’re in a season of resting or a season of pushing, you are only going to hurt yourself if you fight against it. Those seasons are not going to last forever, so just remember that the best thing you can do for your success is to take care of what you need in the moment.

Don’t be afraid to ask for what you need. Tying back to that first point, if someone asks for something from you that would require you to dishonor your needs, you need to make that clear. In return, ask for what you need. Find some common ground, make your needs clear, and be willing to take different approaches to get where you want to go.

You need to make sure that you’re communicating your long-term goals. When you see the overall vision and know that you’re both working towards it, you’ll be more forgiving of the ebb and flow it takes to get there.

You also should find other people in the same season as you. It can get lonely when all of the people near you seem to be in another mode, so seek out those going through the same thing so that you can fuel each other up however you need to.

When you find yourself in different seasons with friends, a romantic partner, or a business partner, it can actually lead to great things. Follow these tips and you can accelerate your season, creating a win-win situation for everyone.

Kareen Walsh is a brilliant strategist. Some people are dreamers with a huge vision to create something game-changing. And then there are people like Kareen who take the vision and say, “How do we make this happen?” She hit the glass ceiling at age 22 and saw that the path she was on didn’t lead to where she wanted to go. Her response? Leaving her successful career behind and applying the skills she had acquired into something that truly lit her up. These are the four steps she uses to help you create strategic alignment in whatever goals you’re working on

 

Question Highlights:

• Can you give us an overview of your background?
• Tell us about your four steps for strategic alignment.
• How can this be applied to different areas of your life?
• What are some of the biggest roadblocks when it comes to building a strategy?
• What’s a belief or universal truth that you rely on when you’re solving a problem?

 

Guest Bio:

Kareen Walsh: Startup Advisor and Investor. Serial entrepreneur. Executive coach. Author. Podcaster. 

She is the CEO and Founder of Revampologist, LLC, a seven-figure boutique consulting and coaching company. She has over 17 years of entrepreneurial and executive experience leading and advising industry leaders. Her unique approach to her service-based business is to shine a lens on people, process, and technology, all while maintaining a hyperfocus on leadership to help businesses scale. 

Clients include trillion-dollar companies like BlackRock, Groupon, and Broadridge, as well as numerous startups preparing to launch. She has built her seven-figure business by helping source the expertise her clients need and coaching leaders on how to align what they love with what they do – and monetize it!  She believes that if you are not growing as a person, then your business won’t grow either. Her books “Lead with Value” and “Be a Badass,” along with her podcast “Your Badass Journey” share her methods of personal and professional growth with the world.

It’s really easy to neglect our relationships when going after our big dreams. When I was writing my book “A Tribe Called Bliss,” I did a ton of research on what makes people happy. What is this place called bliss that we all strive for? Is it even worth striving for? Happiness is great, but it’s important that we don’t deny ourselves the full range of emotions just because we want to be happy. And one of the best ways to cultivate those emotions is through meaningful relationships.