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Whose Mountain Are You Climbing?
Why success only matters after you decide what it means to you Every once in a while, life requires focus. There are seasons when it makes perfect sense to set your navigation system to a specific destination and run towards it with everything you have. Perhaps it is the next promotion. A master’s degree. The first successful year of your own business. A marathon. A leadership role. A major transformation program. Whatever the goal may be, there is nothing wrong with becoming temporarily obsessed with achieving it. In fact, many meaningful accomplishments require exactly that. They require focus, discipline, sacrifice, and the willingness to keep moving when the excitement has…
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How to Kill Your Career in Five Easy Ways
Over the last almost 20 years in consulting, I have seen careers accelerate faster than anyone expected. I have also seen careers stall, drift, and quietly disappear. The interesting part is that most careers are not destroyed by one dramatic mistake. More often, they are shaped by small decisions, repeated over time. The thoughts below are based on my own observations and experiences. They are neither universal truths nor a complete guide to career success. But if your goal is to limit your opportunities, slow down your growth, and make promotion increasingly unlikely, these five approaches are a surprisingly reliable place to start. 1. Become Reliably Average If you really…
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Bringing Your Whole Self to the Room
She had been in consulting for five years. High pace. High speed. High impact. Promotions earned, recognition visible, reputation rising. From the outside, everyone could see her success. But inside, she sensed something unspoken — a quiet knowing that there was more of her still waiting to surface. Before consulting, she had lived a different life. A life on courts and fields, not in meeting rooms. A life where she coached professional athletes, where bodies moved with purpose and vision was something you felt, not something you put on a slide. And here she was now — a consultant, a leader in the making, carrying this whole previous chapter inside…
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Grace Over Games: Leading the Person Who Tries to Undermine You
You’re in charge. A new team member joins. They shake your hand, smile, nod—and then proceed to ignore everything you say. At first, it’s subtle. A deadline slightly missed. A different format than the one you asked for. Small things, and maybe you think: “They’re just finding their feet.” You give it time. But soon, the pattern sharpens. In meetings, they talk over you. They change decisions behind your back. Their tone is passive-aggressive. To your face, they’re pleasant—but the results tell another story. You sense it. Others sense it too. And you ask yourself: What is going on here? And more dangerously: Did I do something wrong? Let’s pause…
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