2026 Is the Year of Playing Offense
2026 Is the Year of Playing Offense Playing offense in 2026 requires a shift in how leaders think about momentum. It shows up in the belief systems that shape daily behavior and in the way teams respond when conditions are uneven. When beliefs, behaviors, and accountability are aligned, progress continues even through variability. I saw this with a medical device revenue team that missed its number for five consecutive quarters. The talent was there and the market was real, but fear had crept into how the team operated. Competition replaced collaboration, information moved cautiously, and individual wins mattered more than enterprise outcomes. When the team applied the Surrender to Lead...
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You Can’t Lead It Until You Live It
You Can’t Lead It Until You Live It This week’s This Week in Culture is about a truth I have seen play out in every successful culture...
How to Make Purpose Actually Work
How to Make Purpose Actually Work Conscious Capitalism redefined success for modern business, showing us that doing good and doing well aren’t...
The Gig Economy Has Reached the Corner Office
The Gig Economy Has Reached the Corner Office A third of new CEO appointments this year are interim or short-term. That is not a blip—it’s a shift....
Pretty Uneventful Week for CEOs, Right?
Pretty Uneventful Week for CEOs, Right? A viral video of Astronomer’s CEO and CHRO at a Coldplay concert ignited more than just online gossip. It...
Fear and Faith Are Both a Belief in the Unknown
Fear and Faith Are Both a Belief in the Unknown Fear and faith are not opposites—they are two sides of the same coin. Both are rooted in...
You Can’t Collaborate With a Negotiator
You Can’t Collaborate With a Negotiator In every relationship—personal or professional—we eventually face friction. And when we do, we tend to show...
Your Culture Is Measured in Silence
Your Culture Is Measured in Silence One of the most dangerous signals in any organization isn’t conflict. It’s silence. Leaders often chase...
Culture Captures the Cost Savings
Culture Captures the Cost Savings In this week’s CEO Daily Brief, I spoke with labor strategy expert John Frehse about the growing pressure leaders...
What Becoming a Death Doula Has Taught Me About Change Management
What Becoming a Death Doula Has Taught Me About Change Management After five years volunteering in UC Davis’s No One Dies Alone program, I recently...
You Have a Leadership Problem
You Have a Leadership Problem Accountability gets tossed around in every leadership meeting, but most companies still get it wrong. It often shows...
A Culture for All Generations
Disrupting the way we think about generations to attract, engage, and retain all employees
There’s a real benefit in dismantling the perceptions behind Gen Z or X, or whatever the next trendy label is! Citing extensive academic research from her book, Unfairly Labeled, Jessica provides a refreshingly enlightening and data-driven perspective on how multi-generational organizations can strip away stereotypes and and biases that hinder performance and prevent progress toward a common purpose.
