Life as a consultant isn’t always glamorous.

Life as a consultant isn’t always glamorous.
Lots of travel.
Lots of time in airports.
Lots of trying to fit the work in while also trying to get somewhere.

Tuesday was one of those days.

I headed to Logan Airport early to run the first session of the AISAP: The Association of Independent School Admission Professionals’ "Leading With Strengths" series before my flight to the TABS (The Association of Boarding Schools) Annual Conference.

That meant I needed to lead a 75-minute workshop from the airport lounge.
The people on my screen were expecting a workshop.
The people around me were not.
The whole time, I knew people could hear me.

I assumed most of them were tuning me out.
Turns out, one of them wasn’t.

When I finished, the man at the next table turned to me as he packed his things to head to his flight.
He apologized for eavesdropping.
Then he told me he’d taken the CliftonStrengths assessment a couple of years ago.
When he realized what I was doing, he pulled up his report and followed along.
(I did not see that coming!)

Here’s the thing:
He didn’t have to say anything.
Most people wouldn’t.

It took him about ten seconds.
And it totally made my day.

So to the stranger in the Delta lounge:
Thank you.

And to the AISAP Leading with Strengths group:
I can’t wait for session 2!