Management Opportunity: A Fantastic Promotion or a Fundamental Career Change?
So, you’re a high performer, a technical expert in your field, killing it day after day. Then, boom—you’re offered the chance to step into management. Maybe you’ve always thought, “Management? That’s a promotion, right?” A bump in salary, a shiny new title, more vacation days. What’s not to love?
STUMBLES, SLUMPS, AND TRUE SUCCESS: LIFE LESSONS FROM THE DIAMOND & THE DUGOUT
Baseball—more specifically, two men who played the same game but led vastly different lives. One is the legendary Hank Aaron, a name synonymous with success. The other is Jeremy Brown, a name most people have never heard of. Yet both men offer profound lessons about perseverance, redefining success, and learning from what life throws at you, whether it’s a home run or a trip in the dirt.
Cultural Grafting: The Radical Way to Ensure Your Ideas Take Root and Flourish
If you’ve been trying to shove your brilliant ideas down the throats of those around you, thinking they’ll absorb and flourish, you’ve got it all wrong. You can’t force ideas into someone else’s world or cultural soil without understanding the roots that run deep in their system. I learned that lesson the hard way while training leaders in Mozambique. Let me tell you how this failure cracked open a completely different way of thinking for me that can transform how you communicate, teach, and lead.
NARRATIVES THAT COMPEL AND SELL: The Power of Storytelling & Story-Selling
Storytelling isn’t just about weaving a compelling narrative—it’s a vital tool that transforms interactions, builds relationships, and ultimately drives business success.
Storytelling is woven into the very fabric of human existence. From the days of our ancestors, who gathered around fires to exchange knowledge and warn one another about dangers in the wild, to modern-day Netflix binges, storytelling has been used to engage, educate, and entertain. But more than that, storytelling has always been a tool for survival.