Have you ever caught yourself saying those words — even just in your head?
See? I knew it. I was right all along.
There is something deeply satisfying about being right. And that satisfaction is exactly what makes confirmation bias so tricky to spot, especially when you are the one in charge.
What Is Confirmation Bias, Really?
Confirmation bias comes

Not long ago, I was brought in to work with an executive who had a problem he couldn’t see clearly, though everyone around him could. I almost declined. When coaching is assigned rather than chosen, resistance usually follows, and resistance rarely leads to real change. This individual, though, understood something important: doing the work wasn’t optional if he wanted to

When we were kids, the adults around us often asked, “Did you do your best?” As children, the question was simple: Did you try your hardest? As adults, though, I think we underestimate the power of that question for ourselves because the answer has grown more layered. Doing your best now takes into account not just effort, but preparation, awareness,

You have a clear, compelling vision. You know exactly where you’re headed.So why aren’t you there yet?Here’s what most ambitious professionals miss: a vision, on its own, isn’t enough. Neither is willpower. The moment you get clear about what you want, obstacles appear…almost as if on cue. Clarity of intention doesn’t clear your path. It reveals it, including everything standing

So many of the professionals I work with make every effort to make their success look seamless. The problem is, in reality, they are like the duck: frantically paddling away to make it all work.
Another way to think about it is the circus performer who is running from pole to pole trying to keep all of the plates spinning.

You’ve done everything right.The promotions came. The salary increased. Your LinkedIn profile looks impressive. And yet there’s this quiet, persistent feeling that something’s off. That you’re running hard but not toward anything that truly matters to you.If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone.Most of us were handed a definition of ambition early in our careers. It looked like climbing the

What does waiting for a permission slip look like? It’s keeping your ideas to yourself in a meeting because you weren’t asked to share them, or because you worry they won’t be received well. It’s expecting your boss to know that you are interested in the promotion or the stretch assignment. It’s staying quiet when the opportunity to lead a