My Biggest Flex

I’m not sure when this phrase became a thing. I like it though.  Flexing means effort, sacrifice, consistency, and ultimately results. It’s more that just

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The Brink of Insight

I’ve worked with a lot of bright people through the years. Smart, accomplished professionals who really know their stuff. And yet, they somehow miss the

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Soul Hacker

I have a network of close friends who also happen to be in senior executive roles across the country. And they are dealing with a

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What Do I Get?

I’ve been thinking a lot about what executive leadership is going through now that the world of work has so dramatically changed in such a

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The Rules Have Changed

The world or work is in a full sprint. Digital dominates all communication, employee activism is exploding, expectations of all employees are shifting constantly, and

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Overextended

I’m overextended. I believe that’s the polite, don’t make waves, low impact way to say that I’m feeling massively overwhelmed.  And when I say overwhelmed,

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Witness

 I saw the struggles of the executives. …but didn’t want to over step. I saw the struggles of the middle managers. …but didn’t want to

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Vulnerable Leadership

These words don’t sound compatible, do they? Vulnerable and leadership? My corporate upbringing in leadership was based on having all the answers, not showing the

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Constructive Dissent

Our workplaces are divided. You know that, right? Just like the rest of the country, our employees are split as well. Whether it’s 50/50 or

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Energy

Energy.  I thrive on it. I seem to have an endless supply of it, and simultaneously a ravenous appetite for more. Candidly, I sometimes feel

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