Great leadership requires humility, it means recognizing that the route you took to success isn’t the only valid route. When we hire people who solve problems differently, we multiply a team’s creativity, resilience, and results. After 20 years in global, private, and nonprofit leadership, and another decade as a CliftonStrengths® coach, I’ve watched this principle prove itself again and again. “Talent is the multiplier. The more energy and attention you invest in it, the gre

Is there a difference between healthy striving and perfectionism? Absolutely. One is rooted in growth. The other, in fear . As Anne Lamott puts it, perfectionism “leaves us pretzelized.” It distorts us. Exhausts us. And most of all, it keeps us from starting, or finishing, what really matters. It may also leave us used, omitted, and abandoned, by others, yes, but mostly by ourselves. By others, because who wants to live in constant comparison to something that’s not real,