A leadership guide to developing people, building strategy, and fixing culture
There’s a version of leadership most of us were taught: set goals, drive performance, measure results. And none of that is wrong, but it is profoundly incomplete. The best leaders throughout history, in business, community, and beyond, have shared one quality that doesn’t show up on any org chart: they
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Contention isn’t a sign that something is broken, it’s a sign that humans are in the room. Wherever people come together with different priorities, pressures, and perspectives, friction is inevitable. And nowhere does that show up more intensely than in the workplace, where deadlines, power dynamics, and competing interpretations of
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Humans are truly remarkable—we’ve landed on the moon, taught machines to compose music, and created thirty-seven different types of milk. And yet, we still manage to offend people without even realizing it. Self-awareness is supposed to be our internal compass, helping us navigate our thoughts, emotions, and social interactions. But
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I think it’s safe to say that AI has hit the world stage by storm. The only difference is two years ago some leaders and organizations were hoping they could bury their head in the sand, and it would go away and now everyone realizes that it is here for
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It’s one of those things that sounds too good to be true. Working from home. It’s a dream for most people and even becoming a reality for some of them. The increase in work-from-home jobs from 2019 to 2024 has been substantial. In 2019, only about 6.5% of workers in
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Jim Rohn said, “you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” That is a little more in-your-face than the “birds of a feather flock together” mantra, but there is definitely some truth to it. So take a moment and think about who you spend
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Merry Christmas! This is my absolute favorite time of year. It has a feel to it. Something indescribable and wonderful. It’s a time to spend with family and enjoy one another. It’s a time to catch your breath and look at life through a different perspective. A happy, joyful perspective.
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There were 30-ish doctoral candidates standing on a street corner just outside of Washington DC. For all of us, except one, this was the first time in our lives that we’ve been at this location. I’m being generous with the “one”, as you’ll see in a minute. We were there
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We’re an entitled people. There’s no question about it. You have the exceptions, and I certainly wouldn’t argue that. But for the most part, we expect to be treated a certain way, and we treat people based on how they treat us. So, in the work world, that can be
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“Develop your intellect” was a phrase my English Literature professor said in every class during my junior year of college. It seemed obvious and a little bit over-stated at the time. After all, we were in college doing just that. Nearly 20 years later, I want to share with you
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