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A client of mine moves fast. Always has. He thinks it, and it’s done. He told me once that if you ask him whether something is finished, he’s already forgotten he did it two weeks ago. That’s the pace he lives at. For most of his career, that speed worked in his favor, because the […]

A client of mine gives great feedback. Privately. In one-on-ones, he tells his team exactly what they did well and why it mattered. In front of other people, he goes quiet. Task done, box checked, next item on the list. I asked him why the difference, and he said something I hear all the time.

and the decade that’s mine Have you ever committed to something important and stayed with it, through the good, the bad, even the moments you considered walking away? Me too. In August I turned 52. John and I celebrated 26 years of marriage. That’s half of my life given to one person, one home, and

The most revealing moment in any high-stakes conversation is not what you say. It is what you do in the three seconds after someone pushes back. I want to tell you about a leader I will call Priya. Priya was a senior director at a financial services firm, presenting a restructuring recommendation to her executive

Coaches, I have missed you. I took some time away to reset, and I want to be honest with you, I wasn’t sure what coming back would look like, or when. But then the messages started coming in. So many of you reaching out to tell me the newsletter mattered to you, that the resources