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Recent thinking on careers, transitions, and leadership.

Executive Transition

Fluent in the Wrong Language

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Executive Transition

The Decision I’d Make Differently

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What Nobody Told Me About Monday

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The Date That Keeps Moving

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Executive Transition

Still in the Chair

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The First Ninety Days

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Introducing Horizon Line Conversations

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  • Fluent in the Wrong Language
    Leaving a difficult environment doesn’t mean the next one will feel easier. The adjustment is less about proving you’re capable and more about becoming fluent again.
  • The Decision I’d Make Differently
    Most career decisions are judged by their outcomes. It’s more useful to examine how they were made, because a flawed process tends to repeat.
  • What Nobody Told Me About Monday
    Retirement planning is usually thorough on the money and thin on everything else: structure, purpose, identity, and the dynamics at home.
  • The Date That Keeps Moving
    When a retirement date moves more than once and money isn’t the reason, it’s worth asking what the extra year is actually buying.
  • Still in the Chair
    Nobody has left and nobody has been pushed. But the gap between the title a senior leader holds and their appetite for the work keeps widening.
  • The First Ninety Days
    After an unexpected exit, the skills that made senior leaders effective can work against them. The first ninety days are better treated as a diagnostic than a sprint.
  • Introducing Horizon Line Conversations
    A new series of conversations with executives navigating the biggest transitions of a career.

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