by Marc A. Pitman | Feb 14, 2026 | CEO/Executive Directors
Retiring without retreating Did you know that retirement doesn’t have to mean retreat? If you want your retirement to be a retreat — a time to relax, travel, and enjoy the fruits of decades of hard work — that’s wonderful. You’ve earned it. But...
by Marc A. Pitman | Feb 13, 2026 | Personal Leadership
Oh no! It’s Friday the13th! What gets scarier than Friday the 13th? Follow up, of course. Especially, picking up the phone. It’s easy to fall into the rut of only following up with email. And to convince yourself that, since you’re sending one email...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jan 31, 2026 | CEO/Executive Directors, Middle Managers
My new “The Pocket COO” AI tool is still being tested. I’d love for you to try it today. This chat tool is informed by all my leadership writing, blogs, books, and trainings. There are three different approaches to answers: 👉 I’m looking for...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jan 21, 2026 | CEO/Executive Directors
In my conversations with private coaching clients, when I say “you’ll need to follow up up to 12 times,” I often see dismay on people’s faces. 12 times?! Some intrepid clients then ask for the exact steps, the precise formula for those 12...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jan 12, 2026 | CEO/Executive Directors
As a leader, you have so much coming at you. Demands. Obligations. Emergencies. It’s easy to fall into an “answer every question” mode – like you’re playing a game of Whack-A-Mole. (No offense to moles.) Did you realize your answers may...
