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CHANGE YOUR
STORY.
Write your next chapter with a proven method to follow and a supportive community to keep you accountable.
CHANGE IS INEVITABLE.
In every life, in every career, in every business… change is bound to happen. You can make plans and set goals, but as things change, you may lose your way or become frustrated and give up on the quest entirely.
Growing Pains Can Keep Us Stuck In the ‘Now’.
On our path to the future, we will experience growing pains. If we don’t have the skills, tools or support to overcome them, we will get stuck in old patterns & behaviors that limit our growth.
To Achieve Success-at-scale, You Must Go Beyond Goals.
Goals can help us plot a path to achievement, but if your mission is to lead yourself or your team through major transformation or to bring your strategic vision to life, you will need a comprehensive masterplan to take you from here to growth.
stories for leaders & teams
These 3 traits of marginalized leaders are both challenges to overcome and opportunities to make your mark. Learn to use your ‘ugly’ as your strategic advantage and go from unlikely leader to leadership role model.
New to OKRs? This 7-minute video gives a simple overview of how to set quarterly OKRs that align with a larger strategic objective.
Free worksheets to help project and program managers new to setting OKRs practice setting quarterly OKRs and monthly goals. Companion worksheet for my ebook, ‘How to Create Your Strategic Operating Rhythm’,
Feeling marginalized or overlooked because you’re not the one-size-fits-all leadership type? You might be an ugly duckling leader. Learn to use your ‘ugly’ as your strategic advantage and go from unlikely leader to leadership role model.
Your measure of achievement depends largely on your definition of success or your vision of ‘happily ever after’.
Make planning and measurement more regular occurrences.
If you’re going to grow, you’ll need the right systems.
Here are some common rhythms that many high-performing teams have and rely upon to get their most strategic projects and goals done.
You and your team have just finished setting your strategic plan. A few months into the year… everything changes.
stories from travel & Life abroad.
Read my book: Black In Spain
Available in ebook and paperback formats.
In this series of essays, I share my firsthand experience as a black American expat living in Spain.
It’s a must-read for any person of color travelling to or living in Spain.
stories from work.
Read my book: TALES OF A CORPORATE GEISHA
Available in ebook and paperback formats.
Using the geisha as metaphor, I share lessons from my 20+ year consulting career in a series of poignant and informative essays. The experienced consultant, analyst, executive or project manager will relate to these narrative slices of consulting and corporate life. Novice and aspiring consultants and managers will find indispensable jewels of wisdom to help propel their careers to the next level.
This one thing helps marginalized leaders go from ugly duckling to confident, culture-conscious leader. Learn to use your ‘ugly’ as your strategic advantage and go from unlikely leader to leadership role model.