Fresh Perspective

Weekly wisdom to help you lead with intention and elevate your team’s results

Who’s Driving the Bus?

By Wendy McManus | July 24, 2025

Listening to Your Inner Voices Maybe some people have an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other……

Turn Your Day Around

By Wendy McManus | July 17, 2025

The Smile File for When You’re Down There’s something I’ve noticed about high-achievers that doesn’t quite seem fair. Often, they…

Three Gifts Within Hardship

By Wendy McManus | July 10, 2025

And How To Recognize Them If you’ve read my stories about practicing a resilient mindset, hopefully you’re on board with…

Mango Tragedy Part 2

By Wendy McManus | July 3, 2025

What Happened Next? Last week, I shared the story of my mango tree cracking and dropping about 300 mangos prematurely.…

300 Mangos & Resilience Under Pressure

By Wendy McManus | June 25, 2025

Try This Mindset Exercise! As a leader, you will be tested over and over. Something will go wrong. A failure…

Training vs Mentoring vs Coaching

By Wendy McManus | June 17, 2025

Why the Difference Matters Pop quiz for you: What’s the difference between coaching, mentoring, and training? No, it’s not a…

Live By Design, Not By Default

By Wendy McManus | June 12, 2025

5 Mindsets to Change Your Life Did you introduce the idea of Odyssey Planning (from last week’s blog post) to…

This One’s for the Grads

By Wendy McManus | June 4, 2025

Tell the Young Adults in Your Life! Last month some of my favorite young adults walked down the aisle in…

Word Choice Matters

By Wendy McManus | May 28, 2025

Defining Your Values Language is complex. Although each word has a cut-and-dry dictionary definition, we assign additional meaning to words…