Category: sticky

Listen & Learn Before You Label

Somewhere in the Bay Area there’s a man who was tried and convicted of being a terrible husband for the

Colette Carlson / September 13, 2026

Your title may get you a seat at the table. It doesn’t guarantee you influence at the table. I’m hearing

Imagine this. You have two people on your team. Both consistently deliver excellent work. They hit deadlines, produce quality results,

I’ve spent much of my life believing I was a pretty good judge of people. Growing up on the south

It was 4:30 in the morning in New Mexico. I was in an Uber, half-conscious, heading to the airport for

If you’re in the middle of a job search right now, you already know this truth: interviewing is exhausting. You

Valentine’s Day is a time many of us think about connection, care, and partnership. Yet long before flowers or chocolates

(Because “Fine, thanks” is the Conversation Killer of the Century) Picture a room of ten people, your team, your family,

A senior executive recently shared a story with me. During a strategy session, a director presented a proposal with one

Last Wednesday, I flew to celebrate my mother’s 90th birthday, an age she wears with the kind of energy that