The retention recession

You spent six months recruiting her. Two weeks training him. Three years developing them into leaders who actually understand your business. Then they left. Not for more money. For a place that felt less exhausting. Here’s the thing about talent markets nobody...

Leadership leap

The promotion feels like validation—finally, recognition for your expertise. But here’s the paradox: the very skills that earned you the corner office are precisely the ones holding you back from succeeding in it. The best salesperson becomes a terrible sales...

The billion-dollar-break

The most expensive meeting in Silicon Valley never happened. It was the one where the breakthrough idea would have emerged—if only the founder hadn’t been too “busy” to let his mind wander. We’ve created a culture that celebrates the grind....

Breaking point

Geraint Thomas crashed out of the 2019 Tour de France. Not from exhaustion. From three seconds of lost focus on a routine descent. Months of training, gone. Marathon runners don’t quit at mile 26. They quit at mile 18 when their mind whispers...

Who backs your solo act

The myth of the lone genius persists everywhere. We celebrate the CEO who “single-handedly” turned around the company. The entrepreneur who “built it from nothing.” The executive who “saved the quarter.” But look closer. Lewis...