by Concord Leadership Group Contributor | Mar 2, 2026 | CEO/Executive Directors, Coaching, Guest Post, Organizational Leadership, Staff Relations
Clinical staff undergo years of intensive training to master technical procedures, understand complex diagnostics, and deliver life-saving care. However, while medical schools and nursing programs excel at teaching the hard science of healthcare, the “soft...
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 | 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...
by Marc A. Pitman | Nov 25, 2025 | CEO/Executive Directors, Organizational Leadership
As a leader, it’s easy to think you need to have all the answers. After all, people are asking you lots of questions. They’re looking to you for guidance and direction. And for most of your formative years – grade school, high school, college, early...
by Marc A. Pitman | Oct 15, 2025 | CEO/Executive Directors
Ever feel like a magnet is pulling you through life—and you’re not sure who chose it? I was talking with a client recently who described her week as “being dragged from meeting to meeting.” She wasn’t choosing her days. She was reacting to...
by CLG Admin | Sep 10, 2025 | CEO/Executive Directors
Originally published in my Follow Up Friday newsletter – a weekly reflection on leadership, relationships, and living with intention. I’m writing this while preparing for my dad’s celebration of life service. His was one of the three unexpected...
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 4, 2025 | CEO/Executive Directors, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership
As we enter the final stretch of 2025, leaders everywhere are asking: how can we finish the year well? For many, the temptation is to push harder and do more. But our Quadrant 3 Leadership (Q3LC) alumni know that sustainable success doesn’t come from frantic activity....
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 2, 2025 | CEO/Executive Directors
Just had one of those meetings that reminded me why first impressions are so darn stubborn. Picture this: Seven months. Seven months of me repeatedly reinforcing new communication protocols with a remote team. Seven months of them nodding, saying “yes,”...
