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Taking Your Own Medicine as Leader in 2023
As the CEO of a training, coaching, and consulting team, I believe strongly in taking my own medicine. What I mean by this is that, wherever possible, I take the same assessments and participate in the same training that we recommend to our clients. Because of this, I...
Doing Well by Doing Good: 10 Companies that Got it Right in 2022
The strongest organizations in the world achieve sustainable success largely because they understand the value of culture as a competitive advantage. Whether you nurture it or not, you have a culture. It may be empowering or toxic. Either way, the results are showing...
Farewell and G’day to WD-40’s Outgoing CEO Garry Ridge
6.5 years ago, when a San Diego-based client asked for our help to codify their core values, I immediately reached out to WD-40 CEO Garry Ridge. I was first charmed by Garry when I heard him speak at a leadership conference. His Australian accent, the catch in his...
Ten “A-ha” Quotes from My Work with Clients This Summer
By: Sheri Nasim, President & CEO This summer, I’ve had the privilege of working with teams from Ivy League Schools to government contractors to startups spawned from UC Berkeley labs. I’ve partnered with a 31-year old CEO/Founder to discuss how to build a...
Feed Your Need to Learn with 15-Minute Microlearning Bites
“There is a big disconnect between what science knows and what business does.” So claimed Daniel Pink in Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. One of the three elements of true motivation, Pink found, is the deeply human need to learn. Our workplace...
3 Easy Steps to Rewire Your Brain When You Feel Triggered
Power causes brain damage. If you’ve ever had a former friend get promoted then develop a case of colleague amnesia, you know this to be true. Or, if you saw the sorry, not sorry, congressional hearing of now-former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf for failing to stop some...
Taking My Own Medicine: 4 Nuggets I Want to Share from My Company’s DEI Training Program
One of the most important principles that my team believes in is taking our own medicine. Before we ask a client to take an assessment, we take it first. If we launch a training program, we are the first to sign up. We feel that we can’t genuinely ask someone to...
Meet Seven Women Closing the STEM Gap
I happened to be in Washington, D.C., visiting the Smithsonian Castle earlier this month when I noticed something curious happening in the gardens just outside. Dozens of life-sized 3D statues of women who have excelled in the fields of science, technology,...
7 Inspiring TED Talks in Honor of Women’s History Month
Since 1987, March has been designated as Women’s History Month. This year, we are sharing some of the top TED Talks given by women leaders from a gamut of backgrounds. These women use humor, vulnerability, and wisdom to claim permission to step into power, validate...
Can You Pass This U.S. Women’s History Quiz?
In celebration of Women’s History Month, here’s a quiz called “What Women Could Do in the U.S. and When They Could Do It.” Check it out and see how many you can guess right and how many surprise you. You’ll find the correct answers at the bottom of this post. 1. In...
10 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month
As a certified Women-Owned business, we are celebrating Women’s History Month 2022 by highlighting books by ten amazing women. These recent titles depict women who have pushed boundaries, affected change, redefined roles, and enriched our understanding of what it...
4 Ways to Celebrate Women’s History Month
Every year, the U.S. recognizes March as Women’s History Month, and as the CEO of Center for Executive Excellence, a Woman-Owned Business, I’m excited to celebrate. If you’re wondering how you can celebrate Women’s History Month this month and beyond, here are four...