Where were your foundations forged? Now that is a deliberate word choice because at some point in our lives, we have been forged, shaped by strong pressure, or by heating or hammering. As a young man I wanted to be a black smith but horses were not abundant enough for farriers to be taking on apprentices. Life found plenty of other ways to forge me as I am sure it has you. Diamonds are only formed through extreme pressure too. My point is we are all who we are because of our life experiences...

You get to choose every day.

There are many ways for employees to feel seen and valued in the work place, but how effective are they? I don't think there is anythiong as valuable and as powerful as one of your leadership team looking you in the eye and saying well done, thank you. The next best thing is sending in a work place culture specialist photographer to capture people working together. They will ask the photographer, what are you doing this for? I will reply, because you are an essential part of this operation...