by coachseattle | Feb 15, 2025 | Leadership / team / organization, Personal growth & development
Vertical Development – Sense Making My dad wanted to give my daughter his new walker. He said, “It’s too fancy for me, and it seems Julie showed great interest in it when she put it together.” This highlights how a 96-year-old makes sense of the world. Like my dad, we...
by coachseattle | Oct 30, 2024 | Leadership / team / organization
Leadership In recent coaching sessions, I observed different narratives about leadership. I thought now would be a good time to reflect on them, especially during this presidential election season. Leaders can have official titles or be those who lead without...
by coachseattle | Jun 30, 2024 | Leadership / team / organization
Leadership Development When we discuss leadership, we tend to tell leaders they should do this or that to become better leaders. The fact is that they might want to, but they are not ready to. Many coaches play a crucial role in leadership development. We are familiar...
by coachseattle | Nov 20, 2023 | Leadership / team / organization, Technology
OpenAI CEO Transition Sam Altman was fired as OpenAI CEO last Friday. Today (Monday), Microsoft announced that he was hired as a full-time employee. Its stock went up $8.42 (2.28%) These two decisions shook up the tech AI world. On the one hand, startups or products...
by coachseattle | Sep 16, 2023 | Business / Marketing / Branding / Business Strategy, Technology
Salesforce Business Strategy Salesforce is hiring 3300 people across the departments. In January, it cut 10% of its workforce, i.e. 8000 people. At the company’s annual conference on 9/14/23, CEO Marc Benioff shared in an interview with Bloomberg, “Our job is to grow...
