Renia (pronounced R-EE-n-a) Carsillo hates business silos and marketing hacks. So, she spends her days working with mid-size and small companies to integrate their business strategy with their impact strategy, design sustainable marketing frameworks, and find a growth cadence that works for their team and their lives. Renia believes founders are uniquely positioned to create a kinder, more equitable world. She is passionate about bringing C-level strategic support to the small and mid-size companies shaping their communities every day. Renia says, "Sustainable marketing is built on a solid business strategy. A solid business strategy is built on values-driven habits. Values-driven habits are built on healed/healing leaders. We can’t do these things separately. They’re all interconnected. ”
2 Reflection Practices to Transform Your Work [Two on Tuesdays]
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Happy Tuesday, Reader! Last week, we talked about the power of wintering. However, slowing down to rest and observe can itself feel overwhelming. Our society idealizes and venerates spring's hustle without recognizing winter's necessity—to cultivate stillness as a foundation for future momentum. This week, I’m sharing two observation practices that help create a container for The Pause. Whether you’re using these in a wintering moment or to create space in faster-paced times, these two practices have significantly impacted the teams we work with and their ability to notice, not just react. Observation Practice #1: The Daily Check Out helps you connect with your team and approach your work with intention. Each member of our team answers 5 questions at the end of each day. This functionally tells everyone else they’ve signed off for the day. And, it builds a moment of reflection into the day. We periodically revise these questions as our focus and needs change, but here is our current list:
Observation Practice #2: The Weekly Review helps you pause and savor your week in preparation for the next one. We covered this in January, and I’ve been playing with one addition: Each Friday afternoon, right before I sign off for the week, I sit with my work journal and handwrite a couple of pages about what the week felt like, what I’m proud of, and what my hopes are for the coming week. Despite our innate desire to slow down during these winter days, our reality tends toward the frenzied. Even when we can’t pause as often or for as long as we’d like, bookending our days and our weeks helps to mark the time and honor transitions in a way that helps us take notice. Which transitions in your work week deserve more honor and attention? And, how might your work transform if you created space to witness it, rather than just move through it?
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Renia Carsillo
Renia (pronounced R-EE-n-a) Carsillo hates business silos and marketing hacks. So, she spends her days working with mid-size and small companies to integrate their business strategy with their impact strategy, design sustainable marketing frameworks, and find a growth cadence that works for their team and their lives. Renia believes founders are uniquely positioned to create a kinder, more equitable world. She is passionate about bringing C-level strategic support to the small and mid-size companies shaping their communities every day. Renia says, "Sustainable marketing is built on a solid business strategy. A solid business strategy is built on values-driven habits. Values-driven habits are built on healed/healing leaders. We can’t do these things separately. They’re all interconnected. ”
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