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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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- July 13, 2017 2:00 pm·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- July 6, 2017 8:21 am·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- June 27, 2017 1:36 pm·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- June 22, 2017 2:18 pm·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- June 22, 2017 11:18 am·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- June 14, 2017 12:36 pm·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- June 8, 2017 12:16 pm·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- May 31, 2017 8:51 am·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- May 5, 2017 1:13 pm·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- April 24, 2017 9:02 am·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- April 17, 2017 10:47 am·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- April 6, 2017 11:27 am·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- March 29, 2017 11:47 am·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- March 23, 2017 9:25 am·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- March 17, 2017 10:54 am·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- February 27, 2017 10:18 am·
Passion That Drives Business Results
Last week I had the honor of speaking at the annual Alan Weiss Million Dollar Consulting Mentor Summit for the third year in a row…
- Sarah Levitt·
- February 21, 2017 9:38 am·
Light Yourself On Fire
Steve Haggerty was his name. And he spoke with a thick, South African accent that I initially strained to understand. He was on fire, a…
- Sarah Levitt·
- February 14, 2017 4:21 pm·
How to Compete
“Sarah?” she said. Then, once again, a bit louder: “Sarah!” I was second in line from the register. Although I heard my name, it was…
- Sarah Levitt·
- February 7, 2017 11:11 am·
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Banff Bound. With a Special Discount to My Network
If you’ve been on the fence about heading up to Banff to attend the Ignite Leadership Summit and take in the grandeur of the Canadian…
- Sarah Levitt·
- February 3, 2017 3:47 pm·
Strategic Direction: Getting Out of the Weeds
Last week one of my colleagues and I met for the sole purpose of setting time aside to think strategically about our businesses, to set…
- Sarah Levitt·
- February 1, 2017 1:20 pm·
Default Settings
Last week, I had the honor of being sandwiched between the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and a former Director of the…
- Sarah Levitt·
- January 26, 2017 12:50 pm·
When Excellence Is Flattened
There are only a few ingredients in French bread: flour, water, yeast, and salt. Which does not mean it’s easy to make. The opposite, actually.…
- Sarah Levitt·
- January 18, 2017 11:50 am·
Giving Conformity Its Due
During a recent conversation with my best friend, who works with systems thinking, I asked the rhetorical question of where in the heck we ever…
- Sarah Levitt·
- January 10, 2017 8:55 am·