"A Relocation Minute" with Bruce Waller
Many years ago, when I relocated to Dallas, Texas to begin my career as a young manager in the transportation and relocation industry, I ran into some challenging situations. One of those situations including my first week driving a moving truck. I had been with the company for about a month as a “manager trainee” …
As a leader throughout my career, I have found myself in situations that have involved conflict. I have never enjoyed confrontation and always found myself “running away” when I could throughout my career. When I knew that I needed to deal with a problem, I would often just try to put it off or run …
I remember listening to Sara Blakely, CEO of Spanx talk about how her father would ask her each day at the dinner table what she failed at each day. He didn’t ask what was great or exciting, or what she learned, but what did she fail at. She said that he wanted her to fail …
I was recently having a conversation with a business partner when I mentioned how high performers are so effective because they have this innate ability to “slow things down”. It’s like when you hear an athlete talk about the speed of the game is so much different at the highest level and the ones that …
I recently shared a story on “Life in the Leadership Lane” podcast featuring my Weekly with Waller segment around “Mastering the Power of Who” in which I talk about the incredible connection displayed my 2021 PGA Champion Phil Mickelson. It was amazing to watch him connect with the crowd while having that much pressure during …
Just recently, I was selected as Global Mobility Top 100 service providers presented by Benivo. There were over 4000 nominations from around the world so this was quite an honor to be selected. When this was being announced, I remember sitting at my desk working on a project and receiving a text from my friend …
Have you ever thought about the value of having connections in your career? As I continue my journey, I can’t help but reflect each day on the value of so many connections in my career! As a leader, connections are our career! It starts as an introduction or acquaintance, then leads to a resource or …
When the coronavirus arrived in March of 2020, I knew that I needed to shift gears and move to a different lane to stay connected in this world of remote work. The world hit the pause button on corporate relocation as everyone went home to work and try to navigate life through the pandemic. I …
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Early in my career I heard someone share when you find work you love, you’ll never work a day in your life. It sounded like a myth, but years later in my career I can say this is definitely true… I love what I do… I love my everyday. I work for a great company. …
I was recently listening to the press conference announcing Oklahoma men’s basketball coach Porter Moser. Coach Moser was recently hired to replace Lon Kruger after an amazing 10-year career with the sooners and lifetime achievements most notably being the only coach to take 5 teams to the NCAA tournament. I was listening to the …