It’s the gap everyone sees but few fix. Three facts keep showing up in boardrooms I work with. First, AI is on every agenda. Second, the stakes feel high. Third, progress is slower (if at all) than anyone wants to admit. The data backs that tension. Boston Consulting...
How one executive nearly lost his dream job — and what he learned in the process. He was smart. Respected. Talented. He knew his stuff and had climbed the ranks all the way to the C-suite. He was also on the verge of getting fired. We’ll call him Bob. Bob had a...
At 33 years old, I took the corporate walk of shame. I had just been “laid off” from a role I loved. But the truth is, it wasn’t a layoff. It was a firing. I had made myself expendable. And it hit me in that very moment: I was the problem. In Brief: A personal story...
Leading a company is never simple. Leading a PE-backed company? That’s a whole different ballgame altogether. On paper, it’s what many founders aspire towards – a personal bank account with lots of zeros, capital to fuel growth, smart investors, a clear mandate to...
We’ve all heard the same feedback about what holds leaders back: Avoiding conflict and difficult conversations Micro-managing Paralysis by analysis Over-reliance on tactics rather than strategy If we all know this to be true, why do we still engage in these behaviors?...
