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What I’m Changing about my Practice as a Leader
Leadership is complex, but not for the reasons we usually give. It’s not complex because people are difficult.It’s not complex because the work is unknowable.It’s not even complex because the future is uncertain. It’s complex because, as humans, we are carrying multiple systems at the same time and pretending they’re one. We collapse them into…
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When Completion is Necessary Before any Plan
I came across this story in The Washington Post and wanted to share it immediately, not because it’s inspirational in the tidy, motivational sense, but because it quietly exposes how much of what we think are “rules” are really just expectations we’ve been trained to accept. We’ve been taught to expect outcomes to follow a…
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Who are you beneath the Résumé?
The return to the self you never actually lost. We talk about identity as if it’s something we build over time, you know, like a staircase made of accomplishments, roles, promotions, and the stories other people tell about us. But identity doesn’t accumulate. It gets covered. Over a lifetime of performing, achieving, leading, and holding…
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What Would Your Life Be Like if You were YOU?
The Universe sent a reminder… “there will be flowers, COLETTE, that only you can pick. Butterflies, that only you will see. Laughter and tears that only you will know. And dreams that only you can dream.” Colette Cyrus-Burnett, Lead Magic Maker at Super Wings NY I saw this quote today posted on Facebook by my…
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Whatever Exists in your Business that you DON’T LIKE is what you CHOOSE to Tolerate!
One of my clients called me one Saturday morning – FRUSTRATED! One of her employees was a ‘no show’ at the time her business place opened. This meant that the other person working that morning had no help, which would delay pre-business preparations, Lord knows, by how long. My client made several attempts to call…
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Something GOOD is gonna happen to you!
Growing up, we would see broadcasts from televangelist Oral Roberts. I don’t remember much of what was in that hour with Roberts except at the end of each hour he would look straight into the audience in TV land and say “and remember something GOOD is going to happen to you!” Good was emphasized almost…
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No faith in oneself looks like this…
Phillip II of Spain put in charge of the invincible Armada the Duke of Medina Sidonia a man who had not faith in himself, no faith in his ability and no faith in his men. And if you think this description is harsh – here is the letter the Duke wrote to the King, upon…
Clarity BEFORE Execution. Structure BEFORE Speed
High-stakes decisions deserve disciplined thinking
You don’t need to move faster.
You need to reduce unnecessary risk.
When your decision affects income, reputation, or stability,
pause with structure before you act.
Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Advisory for Leaders Under Pressure 