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What Does Great Leadership Look Like? (Hint: It’s More Than Just Results.)

When I was given the chance to lead in a corporate setting, I (quite naturally) copied the leadership models I saw around me. Some leaders delivered results with a lot of top-down “command and control” behavior. Others would try to serve their team by being the hero, swooping in to save the day whenever there…

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Being vs. doing

Who I’m being is more important than what I’m doing. I can do all the right things. I can make budgets and forecasts and track my pipeline and closing ratios, but that might not create more certainty in my finances. I can map out my customer touchpoints, develop relevant case studies, and create compelling content, but still not…

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How to build trust while leading through uncertainty

In 2024, about half the world voted in national elections. Across all those elections, almost every incumbent party facing election lost vote share; among democracies, over 80% saw the incumbent party lose support compared to the previous election. While there are many reasons for this, it’s undeniable that we’re in a challenging leadership environment. Our…

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Start Close In

Start close in,don’t take the second stepor the third,start with the firstthingclose in,the stepyou don’t want to take. ~ An excerpt from Start Close In by David Whyte Last week we talked about uncertainty. When things are changing and we can’t sense a clear direction, small experiments can give us information that can help us to…