Everyone Wants to Break Down Silos. So Why Don't They?
After 17 years at the EXCO table inside two global organizations, I watched the same pattern play out over and over. Why the usual fixes don't work - and what does.
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Vulnerability Isn't Weakness — It's What Makes Us Human
Mike Swartz is a mental fitness and empowerment coach who describes himself as "proudly sensitive, vulnerable, and emotionally intelligent." After two decades in corporate leadership, he made the leap to coaching through the Co-Active Training Institute and Positive Intelligence.
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Confidence, Courage, and the Power of Open Conversation
Anni Townend is a thinking partner to leaders, executive coach, and author who has spent over thirty years helping leaders and their teams build confidence, navigate transitions, and create cultures where people feel seen and heard.
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Navigating Your Job Search in Your 40s and 50s
Sherry Pedersen-Ajmani is one of the coaches I admire most. As an executive coach and career transition consultant, she's supported over 1,000 executives through career moves—and she brings a rare combination of strategic rigour and genuine warmth.
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Leading as Your Whole Self
Alanna McRae is a marketing leader, team builder, and one of the most authentic humans I know. We worked closely together at HSBC and navigated a major transition side by side—the kind that tests what you're made of.
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Get the Pink Hair
A few years into my time as Director of Brand, Marketing and Communications at EY, I started dyeing parts of my hair pink. It wasn't dramatic at first—a streak here, a wash of colour there—but it was noticeable.
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