ARTICLES & EXECUTIVE INSIGHTS
Perspectives worth a closer look.
Thoughts, questions, research, and perspectives that matter.
A curated collection of articles, executive perspectives, research, selected reprints, and ideas worth sharing — exploring leadership, culture, organizations, human performance, and the way people work.
Some ideas originate here. Others come from leaders, researchers, authors, and sources whose thinking adds something important to the conversation.
LEADERSHIP INSIGHT
The Eighth Habit: Making It Stick
Understanding a principle is not the same as living it. The real work is turning what we know into what we practice — and eventually into how we naturally think, lead, and work.
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EXECUTIVE INSIGHT
Coaching for Effectiveness
From Managing People to Developing Performance
A current look at coaching as a leadership discipline — from remediation and performance improvement to developing capability, elevating high performers, and knowing when an outside coach can add a fresh perspective.
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EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE
The Nature and Discipline of Decision
A decision is not the evaluation of options. It is the commitment to a future.
Effective leadership requires more than analysis. Decision is the discipline of collapsing possibility into a committed path.
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EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE
Diversity of Perspective
Diversity in the room is not the same as diversity in the conversation.
Who is present matters. What people are willing and able to contribute may matter just as much.
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This library is not intended to be limited to one author or one point of view. It is a place for ideas that help leaders notice something important, question an assumption, understand an issue more deeply, or see a familiar challenge differently.
Alongside original Distinctions articles and executive perspectives, the library can include selected research, reprints, guest perspectives, recommended reading, and contributions from leaders whose thinking adds value to the conversation.
Happy Leaders
Curiosity
The Art of Noticing
Want What You Have
New articles and executive insights will continue to be added as they are developed and published.
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