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- book ·
If You’re Missing Dissent, You’re Missing High Performance
“You think completely differently than I do,” they said to me. It was the reason they’d picked up the phone to call. My consulting colleague…
- Sarah Levitt·
- October 24, 2017 9:41 pm·
- book ·
The 5 Strategies for Leading Through Limbo, Part 2
Maybe you’re in the beginning stages of an M&A. Or the dust has finally settled and you’re trying to build cohesion and reduce the territorialism…
- Sarah Levitt·
- October 15, 2017 8:46 pm·
- C-Suite ·
You Control the Narrative
A funny thing happened on the way home from delivering the closing keynote on Magnificent Leadership® at the Richmond Strategic Leadership Conference. At the behest…
- Sarah Levitt·
- October 12, 2017 4:14 pm·
Dear CEO: The 10 Things You Need More Than an MBA
A calm demeanor, particularly in the face of challenge, and self-regulation. Your actions and words carry more weight because of the seat in which you…
- Sarah Levitt·
- October 4, 2017 3:29 pm·
The Certain Uncertain: Leading Through Limbo
While I was writing Magnificent Leadership, I noticed that the state of uncertainty is defined by what it is not. In other words, by what…
- Sarah Levitt·
- September 28, 2017 4:31 pm·
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,…
- Sarah Levitt·
- September 22, 2017 11:29 am·
- book ·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- September 13, 2017 3:36 pm·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- September 6, 2017 9:12 pm·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- August 28, 2017 4:51 pm·
- book ·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- August 9, 2017 12:18 pm·
5:48
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- August 3, 2017 8:22 am·
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…
- Sarah Levitt·
- July 27, 2017 2:50 pm·
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,…
- Sarah Levitt·
- July 20, 2017 1:55 pm·
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·