Greetings from a misty west coast of Canada. There are signs of spring, the small flowers poking up and cherry trees starting to bloom. Change is ever present in our lives. And so it is in our working lives.

The Christian season of Lent, literally 'lengthening days', begins this week, and so in the Northern Hemisphere, Spring is coming. What ever your spiritual tradition, or even if you don't have one, this season is filled with both emerging and possibilities and a sense of ending, of putting away. In fact, the two are inextricably linked. in the words of New Zealand physician and poet Glenn Colquhuon:

The art of walking upright here,
Is the art of using both feet.
One is for holding on.
One is for letting go.

From a leadership perspective, the question needs to be asked, what is it that I'm holding on to that I need to let go of, and just as importantly, what is the next step that I may be hesitant about?

May this week be one of taking the next step.