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  • Every Team has Value, Not Every Leader Knows it

    June 1, 2026 Josh Stephens

    Ask most leaders what their most important asset is, and they’ll point to something tangible:

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  • Making Better Leadership Decisions

    May 28, 2026 Josh Stephens

    Leadership is, at its core, a long series of decisions. Some are small, like how

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  • When Good Employees Leave, Great Leaders Celebrate

    May 14, 2026 Josh Stephens

    There is a moment every leader dreads: a great employee walks into your office, closes

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  • Your Insecurity is Showing

    May 7, 2026 Josh Stephens

    Most leaders don’t set out to be the problem. You took the role because you’re

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  • Burnout isn’t a Badge of Honor

    May 5, 2026 Josh Stephens

    If you’re reading this during a lunch break you’re technically not taking, on a phone

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  • Leading with Love

    April 30, 2026 Josh Stephens

    There’s a version of leadership most of us were taught: set goals, drive performance, measure

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  • The Contention Cure

    April 29, 2026 Josh Stephens

    Contention isn’t a sign that something is broken, it’s a sign that humans are in

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  • Mind Your Mind: A Self-Awareness Guide

    May 28, 2025 Josh Stephens

    Humans are truly remarkable. We’ve landed on the moon, taught machines to compose music, and

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How to Deal with an Under-Performing Employee

August 16, 2024 Josh Stephens
A leader who is frustrated removing his glasses with his back up against the wall.

If you’re here, then you probably have an under-performing employee and need some guidance on what to do. The answer is not easy, and it’s not simple. Ideally, you can move the under-performing employee into a state of average performance or even highly productive performance. Unfortunately, that may not be

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Breaking Bread to Build Relationships

August 10, 2022 Josh Stephens
relationships

Is building relationships as hard for you as it has been for me? I’ve always thought it was easier to just relax in the corner without having a conversation, than trying to find the courage to talk to someone and then work really hard to carry a conversation. In this

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Battle Chaos with Stability

July 11, 2022 Josh Stephens 2 comments
Stability

Stability in chaos is difficult. Without it, people ride a rollercoaster of emotions that lead to panic and failure. Learn about the importance of stability in leadership, and how it impacts your teams.

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Too busy to hire!

June 22, 2022 Josh Stephens
hire even when busy

Leaders who are too busy to hire, aren’t thinking about things the right way. Here’s one of my stories about hiring when I was too busy to hire.

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Cloud Strategy – Are You Really Leading?

June 20, 2022 Josh Stephens
Cloud Strategy

Navigating a cloud strategy can be difficult. Finding a sherpa can be even more challenging. Learn more about my experience as I started down a major data & analytics cloud migration strategy.

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Israeli Study Finds – Natural immunity is longer lasting and stronger against infection than two-dose vaccine-induced immunity

September 1, 2021 Josh Stephens
Natural immunity COVID19

This review is of a recent study out of Israel comparing natural immunity with vaccinated immunity. The study found that natural immunity is significantly better.

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COVID-19 Study Review – Necessity of COVID-19 vaccination in previously infected individuals

August 25, 2021 Josh Stephens
vaccination vs natural immunity

This is a breakdown of a recent Cleveland Clinic COVID-19 study comparing natural immunity with immunity based on vaccination.

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COVID-19 Study Review – Outbreak including COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Infection – Delta Variant

August 17, 2021 Josh Stephens
COVID Massachusetts

This is a review of a very recent study of a COVID Delta Variant outbreak in MA. Not many news sources wrote headlines on this one.

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COVID-19 Study Review – Reduced Risk of Reinfection with Vaccine

August 15, 2021 Josh Stephens One comment
COVID Kentucky

A review of a recent COVID study. The Study was a retrospective case-control study of COVID reinfection rates based on a dataset out of Kentucky.

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Studying COVID-19

August 15, 2021 Josh Stephens
COVID Study

Over the next few months, I’m planning to look at many of the latest COVID studies, breaking them down into layman’s terms and helping others understand what the studies actually mean.

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