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The Past Is prologue
Though this may currently be the greatest of our existential crises, it is certainly not the first.

D. Mark McCoy
5 days ago3 min read


Their Weather Is Not Your Climate
Can you absorb the reality without transmitting the dysfunction?

D. Mark McCoy
Sep 203 min read


Team over task
No task is more important than the people involved...

D. Mark McCoy
Sep 114 min read


Dump the Bucket
When someone arrives in an emotional state, sometimes the best we can do is let them "dump the bucket."

D. Mark McCoy
Sep 73 min read


Dolly Didn’t Wait
Authority does not come from a title, an org chart, or waiting for the green light...

D. Mark McCoy
Aug 313 min read


YES Is Cheap
Is disagreement an obstacle to buy-in... or a pathway to it?

D. Mark McCoy
Aug 253 min read


Cruel to Be Kind?
Sometimes the kindest thing we can do for someone is...

D. Mark McCoy
Aug 173 min read


Welcome to the Grand Illusion
The real challenge of leadership isn't getting people to talk...

D. Mark McCoy
Jul 293 min read


Lonely at the top?
Leadership can be lonely, but loneliness is not inevitable...

D. Mark McCoy
Jul 183 min read


We've Got to Stop Meeting Like This...
Meetings are one way to create progress, but...

D. Mark McCoy
Jul 123 min read


Are Meetings Milk?
The real cost of meetings is not measured in minutes or salary dollars...

D. Mark McCoy
Jul 63 min read


Milk on the Floor
There is no such thing as time management...

D. Mark McCoy
Jun 293 min read


The Two Problems
Despite our best efforts, other issues typically boil down to one of these two...

D. Mark McCoy
Jun 233 min read


Legitimate Suffering
Will this experience define you, or develop you?

D. Mark McCoy
Jun 153 min read


ResilienS
The question is not whether adversity will come. The question is how we will respond when it does...

D. Mark McCoy
Jun 83 min read


Fearlessness or Courage?
Somewhere along the way, fearlessness became an ideal. But fearlessness is both unrealistic and undesirable...

D. Mark McCoy
Jun 23 min read


Competence Is Not Capacity
Organizations reward visible competence while ignoring invisible cost...

D. Mark McCoy
May 262 min read


SEEKING OR SELLING?
Your team knows the difference...

D. Mark McCoy
May 162 min read


Why we don’t (and how to get past that.)
Leadership was never reserved for perfect people...

D. Mark McCoy
May 83 min read


How we let them know
Clarity, delivered with respect, is far more useful than politeness wrapped in ambiguity.

D. Mark McCoy
May 23 min read
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