by Emily J. Pitman | Sep 23, 2026 | Coaching, Goals, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership
(This article was adapted from a Roundtable Marc and I led for our Magnetize 2026 goal setting participants.) September is an interesting place to stand. We’re far enough into the year that January feels pretty far behind us. And we’re close enough to December that...
by Emily J. Pitman | Sep 9, 2026 | Coaching, Journey, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership, Storytelling, Vision
No matter what your relationship is with the people who were responsible for your developmental years, you learned something from them. You may have spent the better part of your adult life building on what they taught you. You may be spending countless hours and...
by Emily J. Pitman | Aug 27, 2026 | Coaching, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership, Team Building
I got into an argument with Marc when I got my Leadership Style results. The Leadership Style Quiz came from a leadership study(1) we’d commissioned years ago — a study that’s held up well over nearly a decade and thousands of responses. It’s a...
by Emily J. Pitman | Aug 12, 2026 | Coaching, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership
When I grew up, Concord was the state capital of our neighboring state — pronounced like “conquered” (KONG-kerd). It was also a historical reference from studying the Revolutionary War (see the Battle of Lexington and Concord). Concord was an everyday kind...
by Emily J. Pitman | Jul 15, 2026 | Coaching, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership
We have a cat — Sybil — who has the worst case of FOMO I have ever seen. She will stand at the window of the kitchen door, asking to go outside. And almost as soon as she is let out, she turns her back and begins to look through the window into the kitchen. She...