When the benchmark is a person instead of a standard, you’re not evaluating a candidate. You’re relitigating your last disappointment.
Roberta Matuson

Coach or Replace a VP: How to Know Which is the Right Answer
Nobody lied in the interview. The company changed, the scope tripled, and nobody redesigned the role. Now you are measuring a leader against a job description that expired eighteen months ago.

Your Succession Plan Is Not a Leadership Development Plan
Putting a name in a box on an org chart isn’t development. It’s wishful thinking with better formatting.

Blaming AI for Layoffs Is Costing You Your Best People
You didn’t lose your team’s trust when you cut the jobs. You lost it when you lied about why. Here’s what blaming AI is really costing you, and how to earn belief back.

No One Wants Your Corner Office: How CEOs Rebuild a Thinning Leadership Bench
When your best young people keep turning down promotions, you don’t have a motivation problem. You have a succession problem. Here are six moves CEOs can make to rebuild a thinning leadership bench, starting at the top.
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