Red Shoe started as a leap of faith the fall of 2011. I will lovingly set Red Shoe aside for day to day as I have committed to a new opportunity starting December 2, 2019. This is an amazing opportunity to listen, learn, and lead. I am grateful for the years I spent walking along side of all of you in one way or another; from events, published books, executive coaching, team building, serving our community or the like. It is your relationships that built Red Shoe into a thriving example of entrepreneurial success. Thank you for trusting me and the Red Shoe team. Please reach out if I can ever be of help to you in the future; you are important to me. We will still be sharing with you and publishing books. With that said, look for official announcement in the weeks to come. Look Up and Out, Tracy Worley
Continue ReadingHow to Create a Legacy
Leaving a legacy is all you have. A strong legacy is not made of monetary value but of heart value. How you lift others to their potential. You create safe environments for growth. When you leave the room, people are better than you found them. Leadership, love, and life evolve in and out of your personal and professional lives. You may try shutting the door on one without the other, but your stories and legacies follow you wherever you may go. I have a full history of knowing all of my Great-Grandparents, Grandparents, and a bushel full of Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins. Recently, I visited my Grandpa Eldon in Eugene, Oregon several years ago. He is the last of my vast line of Grandparents and cherished beyond words. We are all built with our history, stories, and holding truths we cherish and hopefully “deleting” truths no longer holding truth…
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Why Rocking the Proverbial Boat Creates Innovation
It is so easy to hide from your beliefs and convictions. It seems easier to get along with everyone to follow along and not speak up. However, if you are not living within your values you are not showing up in your full potential! The end game is not easier; you are allowing others to tell you to not rock the proverbial boat. One of the worst things you can do in relationship building with your team is to set an expectation (spoken or not); do not rock the boat. I truly dislike this saying; it tells me there is no belief in the team or you to succeed. There is one guarantee here in not rocking the boat; your organization will not grow or innovate. You will not be able to see the potential if you are not willing to let yourself and others show up to rock, row,…
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Be a Champion to Others: Be a “Mother”
Lead and champion others by empowering them with vulnerability. Every day we have a choice to embrace new realities and the paradigm shifts before us. A collaborator and friend told me a few weeks ago; I keep everything pretty close to the chest. Meaning, people don’t know who I am or what I have to offer because I do not open up. I am also the last one to ask for help. Today I am reminded I have a new reality of being someone’s mom. It did not happen overnight however the privilege to write, mother did. Five years ago my husband and I decided we had something to offer; a safe place to live for a child to who may not have that opportunity. So, our journey began and we started the training to becoming Foster Parents. Jump forward to October 2017 we met our forever child “Sven” and…
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Be a Bodacious Helper Lift and Invite Those Who Cannot Repay You
Be a Bodacious Helper What is bodacious? It is someone or something that is excellent, admirable, or attractive. Being a bodacious helper while asking nothing in return is attractive. Are you lifting, inviting, and helping those who cannot repay you? Mr. Rogers invites us to always look for the helpers if we are in need. The helpers are there to help and not receive anything in return. This reminds me of Luke 14:14 “invite those who cannot repay you.” From as far as I can remember I have been a helper and a teacher. When I was in primary school, when a new kid came to school I would help them find their way around and introduce them to new friends. If a kid wanted to join into our games I showed them how to play and gave them all my tips and tricks to winning the game. They usually…
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Breaking Normal is Not Breaking Bad
Breaking Normal is Not Breaking Bad! Breaking Normal To Create Your Unique Light To Shine I have the privilege to spend time with people from all walks of life. Most of my clients are in transition of leveling up their career, teams, products, or business as a whole. One consistent we talk about is “normal”. Dearest readers in my experience there is no such thing as normal. Yes, no matter where we are in the world there are social politeness’s, cultural norms, education, careers, family, and finding ways to fit in instead of stand out. We are taught to fit in and not stand out and shine. Disrupt & Break Normal = Innovation and Creativity Lives Here The subject of breaking normal is not new to me; it is what we now call a disruptive model. One example of breaking normal is grieving. Recently I was with a group of amazing…
Continue ReadingHow to Graciously Receive Lemon Flavored Rainbows
This week at Red Shoe we are finalizing implementation of new programs, website, and collaboration partners. It is exciting and scary all at the same time; leveling up is always an unknown for everyone. Our coaching clients know this all too well and now we are going to the next level too. How does this relate to lemon flavored rainbows you ask? Well, among normal routine of family and business life there are occasionally hard life lessons involved. At Red Shoe we have sent out over half a dozen sympathy cards with more to write, celebrated birthday’s, on boarded new clients, and received heart breaking news we believe no one should ever have to hear or experience. Below our founder Tracy outlined what she thinks of these moments on How to Graciously Receive Lemon Flavored Rainbows. How to Graciously Receive Lemon Flavored Rainbows Hello to our Red Shoe family. This…
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Creating Cheerio Castles From a Mom’s Heart
Every Business Owner Has a Personal Story As an Executive Consultant there are several questions all clients ask. The first being, “how do you know”. My response, “I am an observer of others, experiences, and learn something from all of it.” Our knowledge, experiences, and actions within and beyond those give us an extraordinary gift of intuitive education. As stated by Colin Powel once said as Secretary of State (United States) you have to make decisions quickly and at times you may only have 80% of the information the rest you go from what you know. I decided to share this story with all of you as last week was a particular tough one. Some dear friends of mine sent a care package with Cheerios. Below is one of my stories and from working with executives to raising a kiddo from hard places just as I do; you too have…
Continue ReadingBuilding Community Legacies With Meaningful Conversation
Connection Collaboration Community Have you heard “this is business, there is no room for feelings in business“, or some other derivative of it? Well, there is room; people remember how you made them feel over all else. Yes, they remember how they feel over you making them millions, cured their cancer, or helped them solve a large issue. All relationships in life, “people remember how you made them feel.” As I traverse from coaching executives to corporate teams the common denominators are “feelings” and “communication”. Join me and others to build your legacy model with the 5 L’s. Legacy is building your sustainable growth model of how you show up in community, connections, and collaboration. Legacy: Love, Listen, Lift, Link, Lead Few Things To Consider: Can you listen without bias or judgment? When did you lift someone else to promotion? Can you identify the last time you invited someone to an event;…
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Are You Prepared to Take Risk With Imagination and Innovation?
We all have risk and either we embrace it or do everything in our power to avoid it. Imagine the playground where a group of children are jumping off the top of the monkey bars and then there are the few who stand at the edge pacing waiting for the school bell to ring so they do not have to jump. I want to encourage you to JUMP! Not in the sense of physical, mental, or spiritual harm but to really jump back into a childlike state and use your imagination, create, and innovate right where you stand. Ken Robinson states the risk of imagination eloquently, be prepared to be wrong. When you are prepared to risk, be wrong, and basically stand there looking like an idiot you are onto something! Society has taught us to no longer within our natural gifts but to test out in an educational standard.…
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