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#leadershiptruth – Authenticity is overrated.

Posted January 29, 2019 in Latest News & Insights

Most of the people I work with want to be ‘authentic’ when it comes to being at work. I think this is a misguided notion. See, your company hired you to complete certain tasks for them in a certain way. In other words, they hired you for both WHAT you do and also HOW you […]

#leadershiptruth – You’re not that interesting.

Posted January 22, 2019 in Latest News & Insights

How many of us mentally carry around stories about what we think other people are thinking and feeling about us? How much time have you spent ruminating over situations where you felt embarrassed or had a big misstep? Bonus points if that situation happened more than 10 minutes ago. I’ve noticed that many of us […]

#leadershiptruth – Do one thing.

Posted January 15, 2019 in Latest News & Insights

Once upon a time, I woke up and found myself in a job that was sucking the soul out of me. I needed to leave. I gave in my notice with the view that I was going to finally take the leap and become self-employed (something that I readily admit was scaring the shit out […]

#leadershiptruth – Drive your own agenda.

Posted January 8, 2019 in Latest News & Insights

I was recently talking to a friend of mine who’s been a CEO for multiple businesses. He’s one of the most organized, focused people I know so I asked him how he keeps himself on track given all his multiple deliverables. He shared with me a number of thoughts but one really stuck out that […]

Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.

Posted January 3, 2019 in Latest News & Insights, What We're Reading

by Brené Brown Reviewed by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: Dare to Lead takes lessons from Brené Brown’s earlier offerings (The Gifts of Imperfection, Braving the Wilderness, Rising Strong) and packages them up into lessons for corporate leadership. The book is organized into four main parts: Rumbling with Vulnerability, Living into our Values, Braving Trust and Learning […]

One Factor is the Key to High-Performance Teams

Posted December 20, 2018 in Latest News & Insights

by Leah Parkhill-Reilly If someone asked you what the number one factor was that would make or break a team, what would you say? What will drive a team’s performance through the roof? I posed that question to a group of senior leaders the other day as I was discussing the enabling and the essential […]