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The Board’s Role in Succession Is Not What You Think

I have been thinking a lot lately about a conversation I have had in different rooms with different people. The long-tenured CEO / Executive Director who is beginning to imagine their exit. Not tomorrow, …
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May 18, 2026

Your Life Is Where the World Is Happening

There is a pattern I keep encountering, in conversations with fellow leaders, in the networking rooms I am in, and in my own life and I want to name it directly. Someone is ready …
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April 8, 2026

The Strategic Discipline of Gratitude

I’ve been quiet here for a few weeks because I’ve been traveling.On a recent trip to India, visiting family and spending time in Rajasthan, I felt like an anthropologist in the land of my …
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March 2, 2026

When Dreaming Can Be Limiting?

I’m going to say something a bit unconventional: dreams can be limiting.Even our imagination, expansive as it feels, has its edges. This perspective comes from lived experience. I’m currently in a season where I …
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November 30, 2025

While I am Figuring It Out

I’m taking a leap of faith. I’m transitioning out of one job and into working for myself launching my own business. This shift feels deeply aligned with who I am and what I bring …
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October 16, 2025

Work, Self, and the Power of Simply Being

I’ve been thinking about what it means to be our own cheerleaders at work. No one else is going to advocate for us with the same persistence or clarity. When we learn to cheer …
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October 3, 2025

Embracing Stillness: A Key Leadership Skill

Learning to hold space for dissent is a core skill for leadership. Recently, on my co-op’s board (dwelling), a straw vote revealed just how divisive things could be. The sides felt strongly, each convinced …
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September 24, 2025

Navigating Through Uncertainty and Change

I have been navigating a lot of change in recent years - personally and professionally. Sometimes it has been rapid, other times it's arrived in the form of unexpected disruption or complete ambiguity. Through …
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July 31, 2025

The Art of Doing Less With More

Clearly, I'm pulling a certain thread, and while it's not what I initially intended, this article could very well be part three in my continuing series: Working for What? Rethinking Labor, Dreams, and Survival …
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July 16, 2025

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