United Lost. Delta Won.

Hi Reader, Welcome to Your Dose of Mana — a quick, weekly note with:1 real story1 leadership insight1 practical takeaway1 dose of art If your biggest business challenges are actually people challenges, you’re in the right place. 1 Real Story I’ve been flying a lot more over the last year and a half plus. Mostly back and forth to Seattle. For years, I primarily flew United. I’ve had my United card since 1993 and my Delta card since 1997, so we’re not talking about casual relationships here…. […]

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Don’t wait for your golf club moment.

Hi Reader, Welcome to Your Dose of Mana — a quick, weekly note with:1 real story1 leadership insight1 practical takeaway1 dose of art If your biggest business challenges are actually people challenges, you’re in the right place. 1 Real Story About five years ago, one of my besties from business school got hit in the head with a golf club. Not figuratively. Literally. A day and a half later, he woke up in the ICU with a traumatic brain injury. He spent months recovering. We were talking… […]

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Are you an express lane leader?

Hi Reader, Welcome to Your Dose of Mana — a quick, weekly note with:1 real story1 leadership insight1 practical takeaway1 dose of art If your biggest business challenges are actually people challenges, you’re in the right place. 1 Real Story Before I left for Vermont at the end of June, I was sitting in line at the car wash when I started looking around. I realized the car wash is basically a perfect snapshot of humanity. To my right was the express lane. People pulling through quickly,… […]

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The Dose of A year

Hi Reader, Welcome to Your Dose of Mana — a quick, weekly note with:1 real story1 leadership insight1 practical takeaway1 dose of art If your biggest business challenges are actually people challenges, you’re in the right place. 1 Real Story When I first started writing a newsletter is was monthly on LinkedIn. And honestly, that felt daunting. One meaningful newsletter a month?Every month?Forever? At the time, I genuinely wasn’t sure I could do it. Then, after 5 editions, I created Your Dose… […]

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“I Hate You”

Hi Reader, Welcome to Your Dose of Mana — a quick, weekly note with:1 real story1 leadership insight1 practical takeaway1 dose of art If your biggest business challenges are actually people challenges, you’re in the right place. 1 Real Story I was on a coaching call recently with one of my long-term clients. Before the session, I sent him a handful of reflection questions tailored specifically to his personality and leadership tendencies. One of the questions was: “Where are you currently… […]

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What’s Your Thing?

Hi Reader, Welcome to Your Dose of Mana — a quick, weekly note with:1 real story1 leadership insight1 practical takeaway1 dose of art If your biggest business challenges are actually people challenges, you’re in the right place. 1 Real Story I was out on a long walk the other day near NIH when I noticed a person ahead of me carrying one of those grabber poles and a plastic bag. As they walked, they casually picked up trash along the side of the road. No performance.No audience.No social media… […]

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What weight do you carry

Hi Reader, Welcome to Your Dose of Mana — a quick, weekly note with:1 real story1 leadership insight1 practical takeaway1 dose of art If your biggest business challenges are actually people challenges, you’re in the right place. 1 Real Story I had a meeting downtown recently and decided to take the Metro. It involved a bus ride to the Metro, then heading down the long escalator to the train. Somewhere in the middle of all of it, I noticed two very different things. The first was a woman… […]

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The Hardest Email I’ve Ever Written

Hi Reader, Welcome to Your Dose of Mana — a quick, weekly note with:1 real story1 leadership insight1 practical takeaway1 dose of art If your biggest business challenges are actually people challenges, you’re in the right place. 1 Real Story When I was about four years old, my aunt came to pick my siblings and me up from school. Back then, she looked so much like my mom that we climbed into the car, and called her “Mommy.” From that day forward, she became Aunt Mommy. The nickname stuck for… […]

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Do you have a spirit animal? I do.

Hi Reader, Welcome to Your Dose of Mana — a quick, weekly note with:1 real story1 leadership insight1 practical takeaway1 dose of art If your biggest business challenges are actually people challenges, you’re in the right place. 1 Real Story On my last trip to Seattle, Bruce and I were out hiking and somehow ended up talking about spirituality. Not religion exactly. More spirituality, meaning, connection, that sort of thing. I wasn’t raised with much discussion around any of it, so it’s not a… […]

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Responsibly Irresponsible

Hi Reader, Welcome to Your Dose of Mana — a quick, weekly note with:1 real story1 leadership insight1 practical takeaway1 dose of art If your biggest business challenges are actually people challenges, you’re in the right place. 1 Real Story I read a newsletter with a question at the end that made me go “hmmm.” Where are you choosing the responsible option over the true one? It made me pause because I’ve always seen myself as “overly responsible.” I started babysitting early. At 16, I was… […]

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