The new sales leader came in and immediately identified the team’s biggest problem. “The sales reps are leaving events early,” they told me. “That’s time theft, and it’s something I’m going to tackle right away.” I listened. What I wanted to say was, “The problem on this team isn’t time theft. The problem is leadership […]
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Why the stumble is part of the swing — and how to start taking risks worth taking We have failure backwards. We treat it as an ending, a verdict on our ability, our worth, our potential. We rehearse it in worst-case scenarios before we even begin. We fear it. We hide it. And in doing
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There’s an energy to the job market right now. You can feel it in networking events, LinkedIn posts, interviews, and late-night conversations between exhausted professionals wondering if they’re the problem. Some people are desperately trying to find work. Others are desperately trying to escape it. Employers are frustrated they can’t find “good people.” Employees are
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(Without Realizing You’re Doing It) Most leaders don’t wake up in the morning thinking, “How can I create a disengaged, exhausted, high-turnover team today?” And yet it happens every day. Not because people are malicious. Because they’re overwhelmed, undertrained, reactive, or stuck repeating leadership patterns they experienced themselves. A toxic workplace rarely begins with one
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Despite most people knowing that a growth mindset sets us up for success much better than a fixed one, there is still something that most of us buy into. You probably do as well when it comes to something about yourself. It isn’t about your personality, or your ambition. It’s about your talent. Somewhere along
It’s Not Just a Job, It’s Your Life You think you’re just choosing a job. But more often than not… you are choosing how to spend your life. That job… It’s choosing how you spend your mornings. It’s choosing how you feel on Sunday nights. It’s choosing your energy, your health, your relationships—and ultimately, your
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“You’re really expensive… why wouldn’t I replace you with someone for a third of your salary?” That was our first one-on-one. My previous manager, a leader we all respected had just been moved to another team. In his place, leadership brought in a “tech guy” to lead us. I walked into that meeting expecting a
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Another week, another headline screaming about mass layoffs — Oracle being the latest company to remind its workforce that loyalty is a one-way street. And somewhere in offices and on Zoom calls across the country, people are quietly closing the news tab, staring at their screen, and thinking the same thing: What if there’s actually
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TV, Billionaires, and Bananas I remember the first time I watched an episode of Hoarders. It was a Tuesday night, sometime in the late 2000s, and I sat in my living room completely transfixed; half horrified, half unable to look away, as a camera crew helped excavate a woman’s home that contained, among other things,
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A career strategist’s guide to promotions, power, and knowing when to walk away Let’s be honest about something that most career advice dances around: corporate success is not purely a meritocracy. Hard work matters. Results matter. But neither is enough on its own. Professionals who advance consistently — who earn the promotions, the visibility, and
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