“We are continually faced with great opportunities, brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems”
We often see committed people getting bogged down because they’re too busy, too distracted and too stressed to see and seize the opportunities in front of them. Alternatively, they are too tired or cynical to tackle the difficulties they face.
The following questions will help to get you started:
What are the opportunities you can see in front of you?
What bolder conversation do you need to start having?
What difference can you imagine this would make?
Seizing opportunity
Katie, a senior executive in retail, works in an organisation where there are a lot of politics. This is not uncommon. It hasn’t been easy for her but she has a cause that she is passionate about – and that cause is gender equality at work
For some time Katie felt frustrated. She had hoped and believed that the change she wanted would be led by the organisation. The time had surely come! But after some powerful feedforward from colleagues she realised that it was up to her to seize the opportunity and make it her responsibility to create awareness and action around this most fundamental of issues. So Katie, inspired by possibility, and backed by a growing number of colleagues, staked her personal reputation on speaking, writing and engaging people in her vision.