I’ve spent a couple decades working beside some of the world’s most courageous leaders as they navigate mergers and acquisitions, economic crises, and periods of change. What stands out the most to me is successful leaders’ comfort with uncertainty. Somehow, they find a way to be okay with things not being okay.
The most successful and courageous leaders I know have a few techniques that allow them to control the flow of their calendars. By taking these simple actions, they own their days and weeks, all the while keeping a laser focus on the priorities that matter most.
I was hired to help a bank with unconscious bias. What I found shocked me.
Not long ago, a big bank asked me to help them address unconscious bias in their organization. Hallelujah, I said, as I cleared my schedule for them.
Oh, springtime you fickle beast. Thanks to some late season snow, I lost my electricity for about 20 hours last week. You’d think that by now I’d know how to be an adult about these things. But no. I was completely disoriented.
I returned to the office … and it didn’t go well. The cats had taken up residence on my desk. There was a territorial dispute. We’re still in negotiations but I’m happy with the progress we’ve made so far.
Big news! A monstrous conglomerate just bought the rights to all my content for a bazillion dollars. Just kidding!! Who am I? Bob Dylan? Taylor Swift? Bwahahahahaaa.
Good news. You can buy a pre-owned Tesla online for not a bazillion dollars. But there’s a catch.
Creating a product or service and convincing customers to buy it can seem like the hardest part of doing business. But that, my business-savvy readers, is just the beginning.
We interrupt your viewing of Mars Rover footage with slightly more shocking interplanetary news—a myopic crank denying the benefits of remote working.
When the October 2020 issue of Vogue arrived in my mailbox, I was shocked. Maybe a little appalled.
I’m not a subscriber. Don’t get me wrong, I think the fashion industry is… interesting. I’ve seen Devil Wears Prada (twice). But honestly? Glossy magazines represent a perfume-infused dream world – fashion, makeup, models, skipped meals – that is not even close to my reality.
Which female recording artist has 46 Grammy noms, a net worth of $600M, donated $1M to the COVID-19 vaccine, and wrote the hit song, “I Will Always Love You?”
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