Personal Next. Melinda Harrison

“You did it! If you can do that, you can do anything!”

      I wish I could say that I was happy and started laughing, but my immediate thought was “Stu, you are an idiot. Your clothes are wet, and your glasses are sinking toward the bottom of the pool.”

      I recognize now more than I did at the time that Stu had given me the confidence to do something that was, in my mind, impossible. He used me as a role model for the team: “If she can do it, so can you . . .” His words shifted the perspective of everyone around me. In this phase of being all-in, we need coaches and mentors who can push us to do things beyond what we think we’re capable of and, importantly, who are worthy of the trust we place in them.

       Power Relationships