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 …
Watching for What’s Safe: How People (and Squirrels) Calculate Risk
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 …
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Naming The Ways We (Unintentionally) Give Away Our Power
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 …
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Choosing Your Inner Circle: Who to Include (and Exclude) and Why
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 …
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Give Them a Chance to Say “No” (or “Yes”)
"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 …
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How Ava DuVernay Is Finding Blue Oceans in Hollywood
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 …
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Don’t Be The Lonely Only
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 …
You’re Not Alone
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 …
The Onlyness Canvas
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?", …
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