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Which is worse: ignoring symptoms or treating them as root cause
Organizational exhaustion comes from repeatedly solving problems that never fully go away. The names change. The people involved may change. The location where the strain appears may shift slightly. But underneath it all, there is often the uncomfortable feeling that the issue itself is somehow still alive, simply moving through different forms. A business misses…
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A technically successful intervention can still create strain elsewhere.
I had a dental appointment today. Regular procedure – a filling. The filling itself did not take very long. What took time was everything that came after. The repeated checking. The tiny adjustments. The recalibration of pressure. Bite down. Slide your jaw. How does that feel? Again. Again. Again. What my dentist was doing then…
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How Many Careers only Make Sense in Reverse?
For a long time, I genuinely thought there was something fundamentally wrong with the way my career unfolded. Not publicly, because outwardly I could explain each move well enough, but privately there was always this lingering sense that everyone else seemed to be building toward something while I appeared to be wandering through unrelated worlds…
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Why is it that only 2 percent of HR execs become CEOs?
If every company on earth says “our people are our greatest asset,” why is the person who understands people best almost never handed the baton? The corporate world treats people leadership like the orchestra pit instead of the conductor’s podium. We say the words with such confidence. We carve them into mission statements. We repeat…
Clarity BEFORE Execution. Structure BEFORE Speed
If you could better understand one thing about your business right now….
Most costly decisions begin with
an inaccurate understanding of the situation.
I help leaders understand what is actually happening before major decisions are made or
resources are invested in solving the wrong problem.
Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Diagnostic Advisor | Sensemaking for high-stakes business decisions 