When I conduct coaching sessions,I usually start with a question and watch for the response.

I have come to appreciate that organizations do not invest enough to prepare their leaders for success. We train them for failure. We build resilience frameworks and crisis playbooks and psychological safety models. The entire leadership development industry is, at its core, organized around the assumption that the hardest thing a leader will face is adversity. It is not! This blog post explores David's leadership journey, highlighting key moments that shaped his character a

It was my third coaching session in a row with a vice president at a major financial services company. He had described, in careful detail, everything that was wrong with his organization. The culture, the strategy, the talent, the team dynamics. What is the actual problem? He could describe the symptoms with extraordinary precision. He could not name what was underneath them. And until he could name it, he could not address it. The giant was real, visible to everyone in the