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Connect Rather Than Correct: The Leadership Skill AI Can’t Replicate
A senior executive recently shared a story with me. During a strategy session, a director presented a proposal with one glaring flaw. The executive leaned forward and said, “Let me correct something before this goes further.” He was calm, composed, factual, and entirely accurate.
The room went silent. Not because he was wrong, but because every person felt the oxygen leave the table. One correction, delivered without curiosity, shut down an entire team’s willingness to speak up for the rest of the meeting.
He later admitted, “I was so focused on precision that I forgot about people.” It wasn’t the flaw he…
What a Tile Game Taught Me About Leadership (at My Mom’s 90th Birthday)
Last Wednesday, I flew to celebrate my mother’s 90th birthday, an age she wears with the kind of energy that makes the rest of us…
Your Gut Already Knows
It’s the season of costumes, candy, and things that go bump in the night. But let’s be honest, the scariest thing most of us face…
5 Ways to Make Hybrid Work, Work with Less Burnout
Make Hybrid Work, Work with Less Burnout
Are we virtual today, in-person, in-person on alternate days, every other week, masked, unmasked, sometimes masked? And, by the…
3 Steps to Become Interconnected in our Disconnected World
“Life is mostly froth and bubbles, Two things stand like stone, Kindness in another’s trouble, Courage in your own.”
— Emma Burstall, Bestselling Author
Bubbles. They have…
5 Ways to Hold onto Your Employees (P.S. It’s Not What You Think)
There has been a huge shift in the way people are looking at work. I call it “Going from YO-YO to YOLO.”
Most people in corporate…
Judging Too Much? 3 Strategies to Judge Less, Connect More
Please do not judge me for doing this, but I want to tell you an absolutely true story about a judge. She works out at my friend’s gym, and if…
How to Thrive in the Ever-Changing Hybrid Work Model
“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” — Gail Sheehy
The pandemic changed our world overnight demanding agility,…
5 Ways to Motivate a Remote Team
As I sat down to write this article, a dated song danced its way into my mind: The Police singing “Message in a Bottle,” with…
Why Leaders Must Choose Compassion Over Empathy
As a keynote speaker on the topics of leadership, connection, resilience, and relationships, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about empathy versus compassion…
3 Strategies to Overcome Emotional Exhaustion
Are you tired of being tired? Experiencing one repetitious day after another as you struggle to maintain your energy or focus? Too tired from sitting…
