The holiday season and the biggest travel day of the year are sneaking up on us (wasn’t it just Labor Day?). Beware two BIG things:
- someone in your life suggesting a group road trip to a gathering
- that same person insisting it will be easy because “we’ll just caravan”
If you’ve ever tried caravanning, you already know the drill. One car thinks the speed limit is a subtle suggestion, one car thinks that 65 mph is just too fast, and one car takes a pit stop without telling anyone (they’ll just catch up with you – easy!).
By the first planned rest stop, everyone is firing off “WHERE ARE YOU??!!” texts and swearing they’ll never try this again – at least not this way.
Honestly? That’s most teams and boards – year-round. They share the best of intentions but travel at different speeds, like different amounts and kinds of communication, and enjoy different (if any) detours.
It got me thinking about how we navigate the work we do together. Who leads which stretch, how we create alignment before our engines even start, and how quickly things can drift if signals aren’t clear.
So, I put fingers to keyboard and wrote about it this week:
Caravanning (and Other Leadership Adventures)
Let me know your tricks for keeping everyone together in the comments or drop me an email here.
And yes – with teams, road trips, and pop-in visits – don’t forget the snacks. Don’t be that person.
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