Excellence has been a hallmark of my career. I am trained as a process improvement SME, have operations experience, and my doctoral dissertation was on performance excellence at the industry level. But as life and responsibility have expanded, excellence alone is no longer my primary goal. It feels heretical to […]
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Many high performers move through a familiar progression: from being reactive, to enhanced structure, to optimization. Early in our careers, life and work can feel reactive. You’re responding to what’s in front of you and doing your best with what you have. Then as you grow and mature, you often […]
In business, we understand that making emotional decisions isn’t good sense. That’s why organizations rely on structure. Meeting cadences, agendas, decision frameworks, and defined processes, for example. These mechanisms are not about control, they exist to protect the quality of decisions when pressure is high. Life, however, doesn’t operate the […]
In strategic management, few tools are as enduring and as clarifying as the Value Chain. At its core, the value chain helps leaders distinguish between what creates value and what supports it. While every function in a business matters, not every function plays the same role. The Value Chain Teaches […]
Have you ever felt like you’re doing a lot, but not really getting anywhere? Your calendar is packed, your tasks are checked off, but deep down, something still feels off. It’s not just a time management issue, it’s a direction issue. What if you had one sentence that could re-center […]
Publically traded companies are assessed by a myriad of financial and operational ratios by shareholders. Business owners and executives measure success by KPIs: growth, sales, marketing engagement, social stats, etc. Even at the individual level, we can perceive ourselves positively or negatively based on how others respond to us. When […]
Just because you have responsibilities associated with a career and a household doesn’t necessarily mean that you should neglect your friendships in adulthood. Friendships are a great way to develop a support network, bounce ideas off of people who care about you, and develop history that can flourish over time. […]
Speak with anyone about decisions and it’s likely that you will get an eye roll. When I was young, I could not wait to grow up so that I could finally make more decision in my life. I had the type of childhood where many of my decisions were made […]
Sometimes life can get hard. Maybe it’s just the monotony of the day that gets to you. Sometimes trying to accomplish a goal can be tiring…or, you are just ready for a change that isn’t happening yet. No matter what life throws at you, having the skills and the ability […]