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Uncomfortable, On Purpose: Thriving Through Organizational Tension
A bit more friction at work—rather than constant warm fuzzies—can be a good thing.


Technology will shape workplace productivity in 2025, but some warn of AI overload
With growing anticipation of the increased productivity that technology - particularly AI - will bring, I caution you to tread carefully.

Dirty Harry
Recently, at the request of a board of directors, I met with a senior executive who was widely considered to be a leadership disaster,...


Ask Not What I Can Do for You
That Sinking Feeling I’m certain that all parents, particularly of teenagers, will be familiar with the scenario I’m about to describe....

Leadership, Eavesdropping and Muffins
There’s an old saying: “The real discussion begins once the meeting’s over, the decisions have been made and everyone has left the room.”...


College Mouth
My daughter is about to graduate from college and was fortunate enough to receive a job offer from a great company.

Breaking Up is Hard to Do
After the dissolution of my marriage twenty-five years ago, during the traditional period of soul searching, curiosity prompted me to start


Leadership, Culture and Prostitution
We conduct a program called The Leadership Room for small groups of executives.


The Clone Game
"If you had a clone performing your current job exactly as you perform it today, what would you work on?"

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda
Leaders don't have to be the smartest, and they don't have to know all the answers. What they must have is the ability to convince people.

Why Is Your Entire Sales Force in Vegas?
To my mind, sales people were slick, oily and unpleasant. These days, I can give you thousand reasons why I love sales people.

Is Your Company a Soul Sink?
A company can be as clinically depressed as a person -- and such a feeling pervades everyone and seeps into the company's product.

If You Can't See The Target...
Too many executives choose probable death tomorrow over certain death today. In the end, you and your people lose by taking a bad number.


Some Fatherly Advice
Parents are sending their kids off to work this summer for their first time. I wish I could save my kid a few decades of the process.

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Drawing from real-time experience with top executives, Gary Rich and our team of coaches bring you critical insights that address today's leadership challenges.
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