
For leaders carrying critical decisions alone: pattern recognition, strategic thinking, and real talk about building the capacity to sustain leadership—not just survive it.
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Tuesday, I wrapped up a long-term fractional leadership assignment, and it was bittersweet. I made the decision earlier this spring that it was time to transition out. It was always meant to be more of an interim position, and I realized th...
The question has been following me around for two weeks. Are you playing to win, or not to lose?
From World Cup commentators to Brené Brown, and now to Ben Crowe, a mindset coach for elite athletes who asks a version of it: are you in a pl...
Earlier today, I read a post from a colleague who had just put her house of 27 years on the market. She named the feeling as grief, even though selling was her own choice. I knew that feeling. Two years ago, our house of 22 years went on th...
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I lost three games of Rummikub to my husband last week. Not blowouts. Each one came down to a tile or two, the kind of loss where you know the one thing that will make it work, but you can’t make it happen.
I’m a decent player. I read my o...
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The higher you go, the fewer people you can think out loud with. I write for leaders carrying critical decisions alone, and the conditions that help them stay clear, calm, and confident.
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