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Talent Not Ambition. Huh?
Talent not ambition. That was the lead headline in a solicitation that I received for a workshop. It indicates a choice. I see it differently.…
If Your Phone Dies Over a Weekend
Which is what seemed to be happening yesterday, there is an immediate question that comes up: Who needs to know? Translation: Who’s in my squad? …
What to Look for in a Deputy
– Trust – Ability and desire to learn on the fly – Interest in taking on things they don’t already own – Willingness and comfort…
Hot off the Press: Announcing the Magnificent Leadership® Q1+ Live Workshop Series
Welcome to the brand new Magnificent Leadership® Q1+ Live workshop series, designed to support you in charting new beginnings in 2021. I’ve never offered this…
Churchill’s Secret Circle
I’ve been reading about Churchill’s Secret Circle, the tight group in which he confided, trusted, and sought opinion. For most of 2020, I spoke about…
On this Day
I am re-posting a blog that I wrote last summer: I was looking for a quote from Martin Luther King, Jr. that has always been…
- C-Suite ·
Legacy
Is not for the end. Not a creation or consideration for the twilight hours. It is an inner orientation that we choose to follow. A…
Concierge Consulting for 2021
Not a template. Or a formula. Or a methodology for the masses. Instead: Laser focused. Attuned. Tailored. Designed. For you. Your business. Your life. Your…
Idealism
Is not soft. Or empty. Or fluffy. It is generative. Of our ideals. Which are equal parts aspiration and standard. The measures by which we…
Three Questions for Your Client Road Trip
Why did you select me/us? What was distinct and distinguishing? What was the defining value of our work/partnership/product?(If you missed my first post on client…
- Play ·
A Few of My Favorite Things this Winter
French lessons on Duolingo. That little green owl makes me laugh. Hot chocolate from Escazu. You can order their mix, and although it’s not quite…
Things Worth Changing
If you are overscheduled such that you can’t be present, that’s worth changing. And if you equate being rushed with appearing important, that’s worth changing,…
Still Shaken?
Me, too. That’s a good thing.
Can I Really do this?
That was the question that plagued me – relentlessly – when I was launching my consulting and coaching practice. Or, more accurately: What if I…
I Don’t Have any Answers
And I am short on words. But I better comprehend Lincoln at Gettysburg and our fragility; I know that what we reach for is noble…
From Uncertainty to Metamorphosis: 10 Questions
10 key questions for leveraging last year’s trial into this year’s resilient renaissance. To request my paper, drop me a note: sarah@sarah-levitt.com Live Session on…
Client Road Trip
This month, I’m talking with some of my very best clients on why they chose to work with me. The selection process alone has yielded…
Buried?
6 things to consider: Is your EA fully leveraged? (I’m trying to think if I’ve ever seen a situation where the answer was yes.) Do…
Unique Development and Ways of Working with Me in 2021
Live Session on January 21: Leadership Courage for 2021. It is said that a crucible is a both a container and a trial from which…
Sifting Gold from Silt
I’ve been thinking about the vast changes on the business front from last year. Off the top of my head: Remote work, with sometimes added…
- New Year ·
It’s Time to Begin Again
We still have some distance to cover before we are on the other side. But it is time to begin again. Time to reimagine and…
- C-Suite ·
Dan Pink’s World Regret Survey
As we finish a difficult year and look toward the promise and renewal of another, I wanted to leave you with Dan Pink’s World Regret…
- C-Suite ·
Drawing from a Deeper Well
After any speech that I give, or in last week’s meeting with my global mastermind, or nestled within the feedback that I receive from clients,…
- Snow day ·
Declaring a Snow Day
I caught the tail end of a report on NPR this evening where a school administration official had declared a snow day after a great…
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