If you’re wondering why your AI initiatives are dragging, look harder at trust, not tools. Without trust, every decision gets second-guessed. Every collaboration slows to a “please cc all” crawl. Every rollout feels like a sneak attack. Because trust isn’t about warm fuzzies. It’s infrastructure. Trust requires: 👉 Reliability—say what you’ll do, and do it👉 Transparency—not […]
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And how do you build that future? Through conversations. When we are working with organizations experiencing challenges, more often than not we find missing conversations. Like when product and engineering aren’t talking. So, the leader notices they don’t submit joint proposals. So, they don’t build on each other’s ideas. So, their messaging is out of
Some prefer to observe a colleague who leads with empathy in action. Others learn by asking their teams for feedback: “I’m aiming to get better at really understanding other points of view—can you help me out?” Some even grow their empathy muscle by observing the characters in their favorite novels or movies. In my recent
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Ten years ago, only 16% of mid-career women aspired to top management. Just 13% felt confident they could get there. Today, 54% of women want that seat at the table, and 59% believe they can reach it. (This research, linked below, is from Bain & Company, where I started my career.) That’s amazing progress. But,
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Have you heard that DEI was “on its way out” – even before the election? Spoiler alert: it was not. According to HBR, in 2024: 👉 60% of companies now have a DEI strategy—up 9 points from 2023. 👉 73% have DEI baked into their company values. 👉 63% are partnering with DEI-focused organizations–vs. 54%
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Here’s a wake-up call: less than half of U.S. employees say they know what’s expected from them at work(Gallup). My head aches a bit every time I hear stats like that, because I know exec leaders really want the people in their orgs to have what they need to act fast and confidently on key
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At what age do people stop wanting to learn? NEVER. That’s why I loved presenting to the curious minds at Drake Terrace, a senior living community. Yeah, not my usual gig, but they asked, and I said YES. We went with a mini-version of the workshop I did with NFLPA Former Player Services FPSD. While
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On a recent episode of the Altus Growth Partners‘ 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 podcast, I was asked how I got into this work of helping leaders and their teams achieve high performance. Here’s my story. When I was a little kid, I wanted to be an efficiency expert. It’s true. That’s what I would say when people asked
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Yes, bluntness works better than nicey-nice. What’s even better: A confident and #inclusive #directness that throws the door wide open for other people to rise to their best and join us. I’ve learned a lot from Richard Strozzi-Heckler and Bob Dunham‘s work on the#somatic moves of facing and blending. We can show women (and all)
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