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How do you enable your own growth? When I read books, I mark them up, often writing entire paragraphs of ideas as they come up (even if they're not tied …

We've all heard the squawk a bird makes when they sense a threat. That loud harsh noise is meant to tell other birds, "Danger danger, Will Robinson". My husband recently …

When was the last time you felt powerful? And what was the source of that power? Power — the capacity to direct what happens next — matters. A lot. Power …

I recently gave a talk where one of the two actionable steps was being more intentional about who you let into your inner circle. Because, as I wrote back in …

"Our leaders won't like it" "We've already tried to tell them that." "There's no way the execs will greenlight it." When I am asked to advise a company, the leaders …

Several years ago, a friend/colleague challenged me to "be the Ava DuVernay in business." At the time, I couldn't even imagine what that meant. And so I started paying closer …

The NYT gender section recently ran an article advising those of us who are tokenized to "realize that their ideas matter" and to "practice self-care." Instead, what women actually need …

Original ideas born of Onlyness often get squashed and squished by the status quo. And haven't we all seen leaders who try and scale ideas in a way that ends …

Regular readers of this newsletter will remember that I recently started offering Consultations. One of the options was a structured approach to answer the question of "what is my onlyness?", …