Leadership matters. More than ever. At a retail conference on Sunday, I was struck again by how weak the answers werewhen two senior executives, each managing budgets of hundreds of millions, wereasked about their leadership approach. The question came last, and so...
In 2025, I will have read 53 books: 39 non-fiction, including 20 focused on leadership.As a child, I was not an avid reader. My overstimulated brain made reading difficult; letters and words rarely lined up in an orderly way. As an old soul, I also found...
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ฅ: ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ by Jeffrey Hull, Ph.D. BCC and Margaret Moore has been one of my absolute favorite leadership books released this year. Iโve known and admired Jeffrey for over 15 years, and heโs had a tremendous influence on...
One of the most common complaints I hear from leaders is their teamโs lack of initiative and motivation. Yet even in the US, where 32% of employees are engaged (vs. 8% in France), the opportunity to energize people is enormous.Daniel Kahneman (author of ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต...
A few months ago, I discovered Lisen Stromberg’s newsletter. Her perspective on DEI, shared with empathy, intelligence, and conviction, completely charmed me. Curious to learn more, I read ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, the book she co-authored.Itโs structured around six...
During my years as a leader, I observed that one of the greatest challenges was accountability. And yet, accountability is one of the core pillars of leadership. It drives growth, builds excellence, increases efficiency, and ensures results. Accountability isnโt about...
