by Laurie Hillis | Jul 6, 2026 | Team Leadership & Culture
A friend sent me an article called “The Peter Pyramid,” and I read it twice before I let myself get excited. You likely know the Peter Principle: in a hierarchy, people get promoted based on their performance in their current role, not their potential...
by Laurie Hillis | Jun 18, 2026 | Team Leadership & Culture
And how to get past the dread Have you ever been in an elevator and watched someone stare intently at a blank screen for three floors just to avoid making eye contact with the person standing two feet away from them? Have you ever done this? Be honest. I know I have....
by Laurie Hillis | Jun 7, 2026 | Self-Awareness, Emotional Intelligence & Identity
(Yeah, Me Too) Six years ago I wrote about a book that had me questioning how long, how often, and in how many ways my own mind was working against me. It was called Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps by Jennifer Garvey Berger. I recommended it to everyone I knew, wrote...
by Laurie Hillis | May 25, 2026 | Communication & Difficult Conversations
“The Dark Psychology Trick Epictetus Used to Make People Respect Him Instantly.” This was the subject line of an email I received that I just had to open. It was written by Stoicminds and published on Medium. What hooked me was the email’s subject line. I didn’t know...
by Laurie Hillis | May 11, 2026 | Self-Awareness, Emotional Intelligence & Identity
Metacognition: the Superpower You Didn’t Know You Needed You know that feeling when you’re halfway through a meeting, and you suddenly catch yourself thinking, “Wait, why do I actually believe that?” That pause, that tiny moment of stepping...
