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Leadership Domain: Chapter 1 (3 of 3)
How does someone become a great leader?  Excellent question: how does anyone become great at anything?  I think most successful people would agree that it takes a lot of hard work.  Throughout the years, leadership has been studied to the point that the Knowledge,...
Leadership Domain: Chapter 1 (2 of 3)
Are you a born leader, or can anyone become a leader? In this series, we explore whether someone is born a leader and what leadership might look like in our personal lives. Articles in the leadership domain are topic-specific and fall into one of three categories:...
Leadership Domain: Chapter 1 (1 of 3)
So, what is a leader?  Let's begin by establishing that the words leader or leadership can take many forms depending on the context and/or position we’re talking about.  Although there are correlations and commonalities, there are also significantly different...
Leadership Domain: Chapter 1 (3 of 3)
How does someone become a great leader?  Excellent question: how does anyone become great at anything?  I think most successful people would agree that it takes a lot of hard work.  Throughout the years, leadership has been studied to the point that the Knowledge,...
The Last Chapter Series – Introduction (1 of 10)
Most of us are familiar with Wills or Trusts in the context of estate planning, but few of us consider aging as an element of the estate planning process.  Mark Twain once said, “Do not complain about growing old.  It is a privilege denied to many.”  The older I get,...
The Last Chapter Series – Wills and Trusts (2 of 10)
Most of us are familiar with Wills or Trusts in the context of estate planning, but few of us consider aging as an element of the estate planning process.  Mark Twain once said, “Do not complain about growing old.  It is a privilege denied to many.”  The older I get,...
✨ Don’t Ask for Collaboration. Design for Interdependence.
It’s not hard to lead a team toward a clear goal.What’s hard?😮‍💨 Leading multiple teams toward a shared one. Everyone’s doing their job.But suddenly, your success depends on:➡️ Someone else’s timeline.➡️ Someone else’s process.➡️ Someone else’s definition of “done.”...
✨ How Systems Thinking turns Automation into Strategy
👉 Most automation efforts begin with tools. But the successful ones begin with systems thinking. 🎗️ A skill that is quietly becoming a leadership superpower is Systems Thinking. 📰 The Future of Jobs Report 2025 flags it as a FAST-RISING core skill. 👉 Systems thinking...