The Long Walk South: Tara Dower’s Record on the Appalachian Trail From Katahdin’s granite crown in Maine to the worn stones of Springer Mountain, Georgia, she covered the 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail in 40 days, 18 hours, 6 minutes – a new overall supported fastest known time. Not just the women’s mark, mind you, but the… Continue reading The Human Endeavor Continues
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Is Leadership a Title?
What Happened when I Stopped Waiting for Permission to Lead? Many people that I work with and observe, are great followers. They excel at tasks, hit every deadline, and make sure to get buy-in before they initiate anything significant. I ponder, is leadership a title? Is it a chair at the executive table, a specific… Continue reading Is Leadership a Title?
AI Can Do What for My Business?
A few months ago, I shared here on LinkedIn the four choices every business (and person) has with AI: No judgment – just observation. Most companies I see are still in #1 or #2. They’re dabbling. Running “AI experiments.” Doing basic stuff, or nothing at all. That’s fine… for now. But the gap between “playing… Continue reading AI Can Do What for My Business?
Don’t See-See and Save Lots of Time!
Has anyone ever said to you that they want more emails? A Simple & Immediate Win for Email Efficiency I like to call it the see-see problem: when we copy people for the sake of optics, habit, or fear of exclusion, we often create more clutter than clarity. One of the fastest ways to reclaim… Continue reading Don’t See-See and Save Lots of Time!
How to Energize Company Meetings
In the current era, where hybrid and remote working have become standard, many teammates feel estranged from our colleagues. However, the reality is that the relationships we build with our coworkers aren’t merely “nice-to- have,” they are crucial for achieving success, defined as retention, performance levels, and happiness at work. How can we fix this?… Continue reading How to Energize Company Meetings
Elevating Performance Through Employee Segmentation
A Framework for Success In the pursuit of excellence, business leaders often wrestle with a critical question: How do we align our people to our vision and ensure we are maximizing potential? One powerful, yet often overlooked, tool in this process is employee segmentation. Drawing from the timeless wisdom of the “20/60/20” rule, businesses can… Continue reading Elevating Performance Through Employee Segmentation
Life in a 3-Foot World
Every day, we go into battle. With the extensive noise surrounding each of us, I cannot recall a time when becoming more intentional is so important. The Navy Seal’s refer to living in a “3-Foot World”. Three spheres constantly compete for our attention: Outside of this image, there is the world inside our own head.… Continue reading Life in a 3-Foot World
From Automation to Acceleration
We all use tools that help us to “automate” our lives. AI is an amazing tool that many are grasping and winning with. A widespread misunderstanding exists that “AI” refers to taking over human employment. It’s two different things. Will people continue to be replaced with technology / AI? Yes. Is this new? No. Look… Continue reading From Automation to Acceleration
Life Work Balance Simplified
The words we commonly hear are “Work Life Balance.” Who named it that, I think that they have it backwards. I think that the saying is backwards, shouldn’t it be Life, Work Balance? (LWB). Life comes 1st, right? Spoiler alert, a few years ago when I had this epiphany, I tried to grab some “LWB”… Continue reading Life Work Balance Simplified
The Speed of the Leader is the Speed of the Gang
Mary Kay Ash, Founder and Visionary behind the multi-level marketing Company, Mary Key cosmetics inspired a sales force of over 800,000 people! Born in 1918, Mary Kay sold books door to door, divorced in 1945, then launched Mary Kay Cosmetics with a $5,000 investment from her oldest son Ben. They took the Company public in… Continue reading The Speed of the Leader is the Speed of the Gang