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Selling like a human

Why we're forgetting how to sell, what the commission-on-signature model costs a company, and how to reward value delivered instead.

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Lowering the tone of tension

A biotech CEO and a navy admiral, two very different rooms, one discipline: when a team loses situational awareness, your job is to lower the tone of tension so the real problem can surface.

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Leading from inside an ‘othering’ culture

Othering is a feature of how groups work, not a bug. Here’s how leaders close the us-and-them gap without becoming the island.

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The Leadership Letter Archive
Selling like a human

Why we're forgetting how to sell, what the commission-on-signature model costs a company, and how to reward value delivered instead.

Read more →
Lowering the tone of tension

A biotech CEO and a navy admiral, two very different rooms, one discipline: when a team loses situational awareness, your job is to lower the tone of tension so the real problem can surface.

Read more →
Leading from inside an ‘othering’ culture

Othering is a feature of how groups work, not a bug. Here’s how leaders close the us-and-them gap without becoming the island.

Read more →