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What To Do When Your Boss Undermines You

May 24, 2019May 24, 2019

In that meeting, someone asked a question about the business opportunity for the topic you were all discussing. You gave the answer that you and your boss had already discussed, “it’s …

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Onlyness Made It to TED.com (And, No, It Wasn’t My Talk)

May 9, 2019May 9, 2019

The Silent Generation, baby boomers, Generation X, millennials, Gen Z – we're all in the workforce together. It's the first time in history that we've had five generations concurrently in …

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In Barron’s: Is the Marketplace for Ideas Gutted?

April 26, 2019April 28, 2019

Barron’s published a piece for me this week: “How TED (And Its Copycats) Gutted the Market for Ideas.” I've been thinking free is the most expensive business model we've ever …

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Stop Generalizing Women as You Try to Advance Women

April 6, 2019April 11, 2019

A headline of a recent NYT piece was so appealing, "What Happens When Women Stop Leading Like Men" that I couldn’t double click fast enough. But then I got sad. …

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In Harvard Business Review: Stop Eliminating Perfectly Good Candidates

March 28, 2019December 1, 2019

75% of perfectly qualified candidates don't make it through the main screening tool used by corporations. This post originally appeared in Harvard Business Review.  I could tell right away from …

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How Power Powers Ideas

March 14, 2019October 14, 2019

A few months back, the Economist ran an article with the headline "We've Run Out of Ideas". And they were 100% serious. I actually said – aloud, like a crazy person – …

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What I Got Wrong About Onlyness At The Beginning

March 5, 2019

  I saw this tweet today where Marie Forleo was saying "There's only ONE of you in the whole damn world! Forget about being something you’re not.” And I wanted …

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Don’t Change Who You ARE, Change Who You’re WITH

February 14, 2019February 15, 2019

In the past few months, you’ve seen me write 3 pieces on Onlyness, answering these three questions What is Scary About Onlyness? What Does Support Look Like? What Does Deep …

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Other People’s Onlyness Matters, Too

January 31, 2019February 1, 2019

Wake up an hour earlier to get a jump on things. Answer all the emails because it’s polite. Spend part of every Sunday strategizing so you can better direct your …

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