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Taylor and Time

Peggy Noonan of the WSJ predicted it, and publications from the NYT to Rolling Stone are reporting it. Ms. Swift has been named Time Magazine’s…

OpenAI, Part Two

I’m still pondering this, wondering about the consequences when leaders (the Board in this scenario) don’t anticipate well. In essence, the Board unwittingly and unintentionally…

Forget Black Friday

And Cyber Monday. Starting December 1st, for the ENTIRE month of December, I’m offering a 24% discount on any purchases of my consulting, coaching, and…

Your 2024

From what I shared at last month’s Magnificent Leadership® Annual Event: Where am I now? Where do I want to go? (Or be different in…

Dump the Deck

Last weekend, at the conclusion of a very intense EMBA entrepreneurship program, it was pitch time.  Teams at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler B-School were presenting their business…

The Yellow Pages

Arrived this week, severely shrunken from the last time I used it, easily more than a decade ago. It never even made it to the…

Losing the Moment

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about capacity, about the kind that resides in all of us and is made greater – if we allow…

There is No Substitute

For the potent combination of hustle + passion + curiosity. (Hustle might also be thought of as drive or energy.) I was reminded of this…

How do We Know?

A senior executive client recently told me that although they’d had previous coaching during their career, they found our engagement to be distinctly helpful. Which…

Fierce

Learners. One of the descriptors that links my most successful clients. Irrespective of their accomplishments. And they’re not bashful about that thirst, it’s part of…

Filling a Vital Role? 4 Questions

What are the responsibilities and duties of the role?  Its scope? Be thorough. Consider what was lacking or stellar in the last person who occupied…

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