Here’s a story for you… perhaps it feels familiar. It has to do with a young person whose ambition was high and who sought to make an early leap for a big promotion. As an up-and-coming professional, my friend, Sunny, marched into her senior leader’s office one afternoon… the marketing director left their position, so […]
Month: June 2025
Proceed with Confidence: Leveraging Narcissism for Leadership Success
Here’s something that’ll make you rethink everything you thought you knew about leadership: those confident, slightly self-absorbed CEOs? They might be onto something. But only up to a point. In his dissertation, “An Examination of Optimal Level of CEO Narcissism: Why, How, and When Narcissism Impacts Firm Performance,” my friend, Dr. Scott Boswell, conducted some […]
The Teller Window That Changed Everything
Early in her career, my friend, Sanaz Collins, currently VP – Marketing Demand Generation at Enterprise Bank & Trust, landed a job as a teller with another bank – a position she approached with genuine enthusiasm. What set Sanaz apart wasn’t her transaction speed or perfect drawer balances (though those mattered too). It was her […]