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Failure is getting considerable attention in leadership and management circles these days. Articles, books, and keynote speeches preach the value of mistakes and learning from failure. The current dialogue begins once the mistake or failure occurs and addresses how to leverage it for maximum return. But the employee must take a risk before any of this is possible. risk management concept hand drawn on chalkboard Risk is defined as a ‘situation that involves exposure to danger.’ And in today’s workplace, the dangers are very real. Between the rise of AI, the return to work mandates, and... Continue Reading

What a group One year into running my first start-up I really wasn’t sure I was doing the right thing; the idea I had left my corporate job for wasn’t getting quite the traction I’d hoped for and I was getting more and more worried. Add to that the fact that I’d never run my own business and the arrival of Covid, a mere 6 months after I started, and things were incredibly tough. In fact, thanks to Covid, my business ended up with 6 months without any revenues that first year — those were unpleasant days I can tell you. I felt so alone, struggling to reconcile my ambitions with reality. Having... Continue Reading