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Why Competent People Struggle After a Promotion
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 performance in the next one.
The Radical Act of Saying Hello
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.
Still Falling Into the Same Mindtraps?
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 about it in a blog in 2020, and it’s still popping up in my life more often than most things I’ve read.
What a Roman Slave Knew About Leadership That Most CEOs Don’t
“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 who Epictetus was, but the reference to “dark psychology” intrigued me.
Thinking About Thinking
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 outside your own brain to look at it sideways… that, my friend, is metacognition in action, and it might just be the most underrated leadership skill of our time.
The Courage to Quit
I’ve been sitting with an idea for a few months now. It started when I read something by Susan David (the Harvard psychologist and emotional agility expert) about the hidden benefit of quitting. She challenges one of the most deeply embedded mantras in our cultural operating system: never give up.
The Stories We Tell Ourselves About Hard Conversations
In a recent piece, Sonja Lyubomirsky captures something I see often in leadership coaching: the quiet, persistent avoidance of “saying the hard thing.” Her reflection on what researchers call the perspective gap – the mismatch between how bad it feels to say something difficult and how it actually lands with the person hearing it – deserves a permanent spot in every leader’s mental toolkit.
Look Up. Just For a Second
My whole body inhaled when I read a recent article from Pam McLean – Founder and Chief Knowledge Officer of the Hudson Institute of Coaching – on the practice of seeking awe in everyday life. Her ideas stayed with me, and I wanted to explore them in my own way. So here we are.
When You’re Not at Your Best
Have you ever been in the middle of a frustrating meeting, a difficult conversation, or a parenting moment, and thought, who IS this person, and why are they wearing my face?
You snapped when you meant to listen. You shut down when you meant to lead. You defaulted to some version of you that felt suspiciously like your 14-year-old self.
Ten Seconds That Can Change Someone’s Day (And Your Own)
That colour looks really nice on you.
Great job on your presentation. I really think people heard what you said.
Thank you for the extra work you put into that project; you made it so much better than it would have been otherwise.
Read those three sentences again and, this time, imagine hearing someone saying them to you. I’ll wait …
… How do you feel? They’re “just” words and, in this case, completely made up scenarios, but do you notice feeling a little lighter, a little happier, a little more confident?
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