Subject: The candidate who did everything right and still couldn't win
The candidate who did everything right and still couldn't win
June 25th, 2026 at 11:43 am EDTQuick question. Have you ever lost a good employee, full of skills and the right attitude, and never quite figured out why after just months they walked? In my new video and blog, I share something you might not ever think about. Most hiring measur ...
The data is in. Your team is losing more than you think.
June 18th, 2026 at 9:00 am EDTFour of the most respected consulting firms in the world published research in the last year all pointing at the same problem. And every single one of them stopped at the exact same wall. They could tell you productivity is bleeding. They could tel ...
He was sure his team was fine. The data proved him wrong.
June 10th, 2026 at 3:00 pm EDTCan you handle that? As a leader can you handle it if your perception of your team and whether they are doing well or under debilitating conative stress are way off the mark? How would you know? Let me tell you about a practice owner who was comple ...
The hidden system underneath your team's friction
June 3rd, 2026 at 3:11 pm EDTYour leadership team has taken multiple assessments. They survived the leadership offsite. They sat through the workshops. And yet, they’re still grinding against the same friction, the same slow decisions, the same burnout that was there before ...
Memorial Day
May 25th, 2026 at 3:46 pm EDTToday let's celebrate the birthright citizens and those who chose this country and were naturalized immigrants, who fought and died alongside one another to build and defend this country. Whether they volunteered or were drafted, let's all take a m ...
Have You Ever Gotten Consensus on Your Team and It Fell Flat?
May 20th, 2026 at 9:00 am EDTThere is a cost sitting in the P L of every company right now that has no line item, no owner, and no entry in any talent review you have ever run. The CFO cannot find it because it never shows up as a clean number, and nobody on the CHRO's team is ...
We’re Going Deep into the Data for this One… EBITDA Does NOT Equal Productivity
May 13th, 2026 at 12:27 pm EDTYes, I dove into the numbers and brought you all the receipts from Gallup, PWC McKinsey. We’re talking EBITDA and all the areas a leader can read it incorrectly. It’s the metric most senior leadership teams obsess over. I get it, Executive Boar ...
Your team isn't broken. But the blueprint might be expired.
May 7th, 2026 at 9:00 am EDTPart 5 of Spot the Friction is live and I have to be honest with you, this one hit differently when I was putting it together. Because this is the episode where everything starts clicking into place. We talk about the difference between productive ...
The 30th Annual ABFF is just around the corner…
April 28th, 2026 at 1:12 pm EDTDon’t miss out on this cultural extravaganza! It’s the milestone 30th anniversary of the American Black Film Festival returning to Miami Beach, May 27-31, 2026, under the celebratory theme “The Homecoming.” Founded by Jeff Friday, ABFF was ...
Have You Ever Gotten Consensus on Your Team and It Fell Flat?
April 22nd, 2026 at 7:28 pm EDTThe meeting went great. Everyone was aligned. Nobody pushed back. And 90 days later the results looked nothing like the vision. Sound familiar? What happened in that room was not agreement. It was compliance wearing alignment's outfit. And those tw ...