Strategic Effects: A Mindset for Real Change
Strategic Effects: A Mindset for Real Change Introduction: Why Strategy Alone Isn't Enough Every leader talks about strategy. But in practice,...
Who the F*** is Leon Shasta?
Who Is Leon Shasta?When a voicemail becomes a case study in digital presence and modern communication. There was a time in my childhood (eek —say...
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Last week, I posted about handling a jerk and I don’t want to leave my last post on a sour note.Have you ever read, The Little Prince? I first...
How Do you manage A**holes?
How Do You Handle A**holes? Throughout my career, I’ve faced all kinds of people—executives at Fortune 500s, scrappy startup founders, authors,...
Pssst – You Have A Problem
Pssst – You Have A Problem I really hate to be the one to tell you this, but you’ve got a BIG problem. How you are showing up (or really not...
A Quick-Start Guide for New Sales Roles
A Quick-Start Guide for New Sales Roles How to Succeed When You're New to Strategic Account Management One of my mentees just landed a sales role...
Stop Being Invisible: How to Build Career Visibility on LinkedIn
Stop Being Invisible: How to Build Career Visibility on LinkedIn Simply putting an “open to work” badge on your LinkedIn profile is not enough to...
The Future of Talkable Products & Humanized Branding at SxSW 2025
The Future of Talkable Products and Humanized Branding: A Conversation with Sarah Nagle at SxSW 2025 South by Southwest (#SxSW) is always the best...
The Power of SxSW: Serendipity, Creativity, and the Unlikely Conversations That Change Everything
The Power of SxSW: Serendipity, Creativity, and the Unlikely Conversations That Change Everything Every year, South By Southwest (SxSW) takes over...
Show, Don’t Tell: Elevate Your Writing—and Your LinkedIn Profile
Show, Don’t Tell: Elevate Your Writing—and Your LinkedIn Profile One of the most enduring lessons I learned in a creative writing class in college...