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The Tyranny of the Daily
This week’s blog was more time consuming to write than usual. It’s not because there weren’t things to write, it’s because I hadn’t given them…

- Sarah Levitt·
- November 7, 2018 9:46 am·
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Lessons from Construction
Working across industry allows me to see business best practices and challenges from different vantage points. It’s part of what clients value. And while every…

- Sarah Levitt·
- October 31, 2018 11:08 am·
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The Coach Effect, Part 2
Many of you wrote to tell me that last week’s blog post on my yoga class resonated. And in this week’s class, something resonated with…

- Sarah Levitt·
- October 24, 2018 11:15 am·
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The Coach Effect
I’ve returned to yoga after a hiatus of some time. There is a particular pose, “Firefly,” that has eluded me since I began taking classes…

- Sarah Levitt·
- October 14, 2018 8:32 pm·
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The Leadership Toolkit: Not What You Think
One of my clients, we’ll call him Jim, found himself promoted to the elevated leadership role of Vice President about this time last year at…

- Sarah Levitt·
- October 9, 2018 11:37 am·
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The Difference Between a Bad Client and a Fantastic Client is You
One of my very best clients was one of the feistiest, brook-no-nonsense, show-me-what-you’re-gonna-do-for-me senior executive leaders that I’ve ever worked with. This person hired me…

- Sarah Levitt·
- October 2, 2018 10:40 am·
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Do You Know My Name?
Earlier this week, I checked into the resort where I was speaking at a conference. I’m estimating that I spent all of five minutes at…

- Sarah Levitt·
- September 26, 2018 11:21 am·
Hurricane Florence
I am helping with hurricane relief efforts this week, my regular blog will return next Thursday.

- Sarah Levitt·
- September 19, 2018 9:22 am·
Listening is A lot. But It’s Not Enough.
In New York last week, I had the joy of listening to Emma Thompson and Ian McEwan discuss their collaboration on the upcoming movie, The…

- Sarah Levitt·
- September 12, 2018 12:25 pm·
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The Price of a Stretch
In yoga class, my teacher will sometimes ask us to pose and stand with outstretched arms. It’s quite simple. She’ll then ask if we can…

- Sarah Levitt·
- September 5, 2018 10:50 am·
Confidence vs. Contempt
Contempt is: I am above you, separate. Confidence is: We are in this together, I know the way forward. Leadership is understanding the difference. …

- Sarah Levitt·
- August 30, 2018 8:36 am·
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Deputies for Your Deputies
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal reports that Uber has filled its CFO job, a spot that had been vacant for 3 years. The same article reports…

- Sarah Levitt·
- August 22, 2018 8:52 am·
Setting the Bar
If you lead yourself well, you will find that leading others is less taxing, not because you’ll be spending less time developing your team, but…

- Sarah Levitt·
- August 15, 2018 8:53 pm·
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Delegating with Precision, Part 2
What to do when there is more work than minutes in a day and your external activities, those obligations that are not central to your…

- Sarah Levitt·
- August 8, 2018 4:01 pm·
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Delegating with Precision
I was talking with a client this morning who simply has more to do in a day (and night) than they can get done. This…

- Sarah Levitt·
- August 1, 2018 4:54 pm·
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Staying Tuned
One of the key themes that emerged from my conversations with leaders across all different domains for The Making Magnificence Project® (which continues, by the…

- Sarah Levitt·
- July 25, 2018 2:02 pm·
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You Need Walking Billboards
When my mechanic, David, tells me that my car needs new tires, or new anything, my response is always the same: I ask when I…

- Sarah Levitt·
- July 18, 2018 10:52 pm·
Selma
If you’ve heard me deliver a keynote on Magnificent Leadership®, then you’ve likely heard me express gratitude for the courage and generosity of the leaders…

- Sarah Levitt·
- July 11, 2018 5:13 pm·
Happy Fourth!
My regular blog will return next week.

- Sarah Levitt·
- July 5, 2018 11:15 am·
Walking in Montepulciano
The dirt road that I walked in Italy last week was recommended by someone in town. Not heavily traveled, it would put me exactly where…

- Sarah Levitt·
- June 27, 2018 7:00 am·
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Are You Rewarding Your Underperformers?
Or are you only rewarding the victorious? If your focus is on building more than a high performing team but, instead, an innovative, self-correcting team,™…

- Sarah Levitt·
- June 16, 2018 10:29 am·
Are You Using Crisis?
There is an old debate about whether leaders are born rather than made. But what if it’s both, simultaneously? What if crisis births leaders and…

- Sarah Levitt·
- June 14, 2018 9:39 am·
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Succession: The Wolf That’s Not at the Door
If succession is not among your top 3 priorities, it has you fooled, lulled you into believing that it’s not urgent. And it might not…

- Sarah Levitt·
- June 7, 2018 11:03 am·
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What You Need Instead of Executive Presence
If there’s a catchphrase that promises a magic, silver bullet for new and seasoned executives alike, it’s executive presence. Why? Because it attempts to capture…

- Sarah Levitt·
- May 29, 2018 4:37 pm·