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Assuming the Mantle of Leadership
One of my clients still teases me about this phrase. It’s how I describe the ability of an executive to step into their own powers,…
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I Should Have Done This a Year Ago
Is probably one of my favorite things to hear from clients. There is no greater compliment to the results of our work together than that…
Summer’s List
In honor of summer’s fade into fall, I reached out to a handful of clients, colleagues, and participants from The Making Magnificence Project® to ask…
Just Say It
Well, my manuscript for Magnificent Leadership is in to the publisher. What kept me swimming to the finish (see last blog post on The Tricky…
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The Tricky Middle
I still remember the final exam for lifeguard certification during my freshman year in college. After a semester of being in the pool multiple times…
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I have a friend who is a runner. A really fast runner. He’s also quite modest, so if I want to tease him, all I…
Just One
One good leader is all it takes to create a ripple-out effect of: More aspiration and accountability to it Faster productization, monetization, and increased market…
When You’re Drinking From a Fire Hose
You’ve landed the role. Maybe it’s the one you’ve been working toward for most of your career or it’s the stepping stone before. No matter,…
You’ve Been Poached. Now What?
Three Questions to Ask: Might others in the organization be vulnerable, as well? What happened, and what, if anything, needs your attention for future retention…
How to Compete, Part 4
It’s July 4th weekend, and I go mattress shopping. I walk into a department store, bounce around on a few mattresses, and I’m ready to…
The Equation
As I write my book on Magnificent Leadership™, I listen deeply to each of the interviews that will be featured. During the first few minutes…
Succession Made Simple, Part 2
Are you and the Board in agreement (on the roles that need to be filled, their competencies, and the time frame in which things need…
Succession Made Simple
What are your organization’s leadership needs, immediate and long term? What is your bench strength relative to those needs? And what are the competencies required…
Daunting But Not Daunted
They’ve all navigated significant change, tumult, and transition and come out on the other side to create something greater. In my conversations for The Making…
How to Compete, Part 3
Scene 1: “We’re getting ready to start our dinner hour, no laptops permitted,” the host at the locally-owned restaurant informed me as he stood at…
Proud vs Perfect
If anything was going to touch my propensity for perfection, it was writing a book. It did. And it has. The mental wrangling that it…
Can You Find Your Way Back?
“You sound off center,” my best friend said to me through the phone. No, actually. I felt good, fine, great, thank you very much. She…
How to Compete, Part 2
Remember that barista I wrote about back in February? The one who made it her business to know my name and drink order and have…
Millennials: Canaries in the Coal Mine?
What if Millennials are no different than any generation of employees that’s come before them, but merely more vocal about the needs and wants that…
Leading and Working in the Uncertain
Last week I had the privilege of interviewing Logan Bennett, President of the Alberta Avalanche Rescue Dog Association, for The Making Magnificence Project®. Logan is…
Not Betting the Farm
The greenhouse operation started from scratch and grown to significant success wasn’t a greenhouse operation when we began. It was a flower farm, modeled after…
When Work Really Is an Avalanche
I was walking in late to Logan Bennett’s talk at the Ignite Leadership Summit last week, a conference in beautiful Banff, Alberta that brought together…
Can We Pause For a Moment?
My best friend and I were exchanging girlish squeals of excitement at seeing one another, our usual greeting of the last twenty five years, and…
10 Reasons Your Strategy Got Shoved Into a Drawer
Last week I was speaking at the American Bankers Association annual conference, delivering a talk on Magnificent Leadership™ and the essential keys for leading during…
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