Thought leadership on leadership, diversity & inclusion, personal development, and association management — drawn from six influential books and decades of experience.
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Association ManagementMost associations exist in a cycle: big conference, post-conference energy, slow drift, rebuild for next conference. The associations that thrive operate differently — they build culture that works year-round.
InclusionOrganizations have built a leadership model around extroversion: who talks the most, who commands the room, who networks most visibly. In doing so, they've systematically excluded brilliant introverts.
Career GrowthEveryone fails professionally. The difference between people who recover quickly and build better careers versus those who are derailed by failure comes down to one thing: their framework for interpreting what went wrong.
Career GrowthThe fastest path to the top isn't straight up. It's the leaders who moved laterally, learned unfamiliar functions, and built cross-functional perspectives who end up leading entire organizations.
Personal DevelopmentYou can't manage time—it passes the same for everyone. What you can manage is energy. The highest performers aren't the ones who work the most hours. They're the ones who protect their energy like it's their most valuable asset.
Personal DevelopmentThe myth of the invincible leader has cost organizations trillions in untapped potential. The truth: leaders who admit what they don't know unlock capabilities in their teams that perfection-seeking leaders never access.
DEI StrategyOrganizations lose talented women not during parenthood, but after. The pattern is predictable: maternity leave ends, women return, and suddenly the mentorship, stretch assignments, and advancement conversations disappear.
The resume was designed to filter people out. Smart organizations are redesigning how they find talent—and finding that different pathways often lead to better people.
LeadershipPerfect information never arrives. The leaders who win are the ones who can make high-stakes decisions with 70% confidence instead of waiting for 100% certainty that never comes.