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Trail Lessons with a Taylor Tune
15 in all, the whole of which might not be terrible guidelines in business. Finish easy. When finishing on the downhill, another loop is enticing.…

- Sarah Levitt·
- April 7, 2021 12:12 am·
Your 6 Most Important Issues Right Now
With business emergence and growth – more robust than some clients anticipated, sometimes significantly so – I’m working in 6 key areas right now: Bench…

- Sarah Levitt·
- April 6, 2021 3:38 pm·
Last Call! 4/28 Legacy on Purpose Workshop Registration
Email me today to claim your spot: sarah@sarah-levitt.com This is gonna be good! It seems that many of you are keenly interested in “Legacy on Purpose” and…

- Sarah Levitt·
- April 5, 2021 12:38 pm·
Talent’s Gonna Move – Get Out in Front
Talent is going to start moving more than it has over the last year. I’m seeing things loosen up, and as we roll into summer,…

- Sarah Levitt·
- April 2, 2021 10:42 am·
3 Essentials for Eliciting Employee Feedback
Put vehicles in place for information gathering (anonymous surveys come to mind, as one) from various levels throughout the organization Review the feedback Report back…

- Sarah Levitt·
- April 1, 2021 12:59 pm·
Important Update: Legacy on Purpose Workshop
It seems that many of you are keenly interested in “Legacy on Purpose” and want to attend with your team members. I’ve gotten requests that…

- Sarah Levitt·
- March 31, 2021 2:39 pm·
Unique and New Ways of Working Together this Spring
New! Strategic Audits If you are not re-identifying and reassessing goals, client satisfaction, and capacity for growth, you risk missing substantial opportunity from the current…

- Sarah Levitt·
- March 29, 2021 9:44 pm·
- Mindset ·
I Don’t Know What’s Going to Happen Next
Can either be fear-inducing or full of possibility. We choose.

- Sarah Levitt·
- March 28, 2021 10:05 pm·
Editorial Calendar
What do you want to be reading about here in Q2? I’m assembling my editorial calendar, write and let me know: sarah@sarah-levitt.com Planning Your Conference? …

- Sarah Levitt·
- March 24, 2021 4:34 pm·
Necessity Births Innovation
Have you identified and deconstructed what went right last year so you can replicate the process that created created your success? Crisis drove innovation for…

- Sarah Levitt·
- March 24, 2021 1:39 pm·
Micro Adjustments
It’s said that outdoor trail running requires making constant, small adjustments that treadmill running does not. The uneven, and sometime unpredictable, terrain simply asks it.…

- Sarah Levitt·
- March 22, 2021 2:10 pm·
He’s Doing it Again
Launching, beginning, making a difference. Transcarent is Glen Tullman’s newest endeavor, his fourth time running a company as CEO, and the second time in just…

- Sarah Levitt·
- March 20, 2021 9:49 pm·
Now is the Time
Momentum is here. It’s happening now. And it’s gaining speed. I’m seeing it among clients across industry – construction, professional services, tech, pharma, etc. If…

- Sarah Levitt·
- March 17, 2021 2:09 pm·
- Music ·
Taylor, Continued
I’ve heard your enthusiasm about yesterday’s blog, so I’m sending a few more favorite live performances. “Holy Ground” in Austin is most often on repeat,…

- Sarah Levitt·
- March 16, 2021 4:00 pm·
- Music ·
Taylor Tunes
Nominated for 6 Grammys this year. The first woman to win Album of the Year three times. Has a variety of fans, among them, this…

- Sarah Levitt·
- March 15, 2021 1:42 pm·
Committing to Committing
Going all in with our word, saying that we’re going to commit to something, can be intimidating. What if we change our minds? Want to…

- Sarah Levitt·
- March 15, 2021 12:43 pm·
Beethoven, Malcolm X, and Eleanor Roosevelt
Not an obvious thread. Unless you’re Brad Wilson, CEO Emeritus of BCBS of NC, who joined me Friday afternoon for a 5 Year Retrospective Interview …

- Sarah Levitt·
- March 14, 2021 8:09 pm·
When We’re Knocked Off Center
Some people think that because I do what I do professionally, I’ve got it all together, all the time. But I get knocked off center…

- Sarah Levitt·
- March 11, 2021 11:41 am·
- 360 ·
Across, Up, and Down
Many of you have been interested in hearing more on the topic of 360 conversations: I suggest up to 8 key stakeholders If you are…

- Sarah Levitt·
- March 10, 2021 9:52 am·
Are You Telling Stories?
In your presentations at conferences? When you talk about your mission and vision as an organization? To lead your team? When marketing? To draw a…

- Sarah Levitt·
- March 9, 2021 11:55 am·
3 More 360 Suggestions
Send out an email to each stakeholder selected for the 360 conversation, copy your coach Tell the stakeholder that you’re working with this coach and…

- Sarah Levitt·
- March 7, 2021 12:40 pm·
Confidence Forgives
Any number of minor faux pas. Fear enhances them. But confidence sometimes gets confused with arrogance or contemptuousness or grandiosity. It is none of those…

- Sarah Levitt·
- March 3, 2021 2:13 pm·
This Morning
I got up and headed straight for the woods. The outdoors was calling, and although there was much to be done, much that was pulling,…

- Sarah Levitt·
- March 2, 2021 11:21 am·
Your Coach
If what I’m seeing in Q1 is any indication, there is a pent-up demand for executive coaching. If you’re looking, consider the following 9 criteria:…

- Sarah Levitt·
- February 28, 2021 10:08 pm·