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...
by Concord Leadership Group Contributor | Jul 5, 2026 | CEO/Executive Directors, Coaching, Guest Post, Strategic Plan
Picture this: a prospective patron is searching for weekend plans and discovers your theater’s upcoming performance. When they pull up your site on their smartphone, the text is unreadable, the navigation is broken, and they cannot find the ticket link. Eventually,...
by Emily J. Pitman | Jun 18, 2026 | Coaching, Goals
We’re halfway through 2026. The calendar has been marked up. Life has happened. Some things you planned for came through exactly as you pictured. Others didn’t. Some goals that felt electric in December feel a little different now — not bad, just...
by Concord Leadership Group Contributor | Jun 8, 2026 | CEO/Executive Directors, Coaching, Fundraising, Guest Post, Organizational Leadership, Strategic Plan
Business leaders today are often pulled in a dozen different directions at once. Between managing operations, driving growth, and leading teams, they’re struggling to find time to launch new initiatives. Even when a program is clearly beneficial to the company’s...
by Concord Leadership Group Contributor | May 28, 2026 | CEO/Executive Directors, Coaching, Guest Post, Organizational Leadership, Strategic Plan
Navigating the financial health of modern healthcare is increasingly challenging for independent clinics, which strive to balance high-quality patient care with financial stability. Providers face immense pressure to maintain liquidity amid rapidly rising operational...
by Emily J. Pitman | Apr 22, 2026 | Coaching, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership
What creative process teaches us about leading through uncertainty Here is something most leadership books won’t tell you: clarity is rarely where you start. It’s where you end up — and only if you’re willing to tolerate the mess that comes first. In...
by Emily J. Pitman | Apr 8, 2026 | Coaching, Journey, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership
I learned to drive on an Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme in the 1980s. I am under five feet tall, and the seat of that car was not built with me in mind. My parents solved this practically and without fanfare: they bought rocking chair cushions and propped me up until I...
by Emily J. Pitman | Mar 25, 2026 | Coaching, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership, Storytelling
Something you might not know about me: I love and collect children’s picture books. I don’t mean this in a nostalgic, “I-used-to-read-them-to-my-kids” kind of way. I mean I actively seek them out, I think about them seriously as art and...
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 Emily J. Pitman | Feb 11, 2026 | Coaching, Personal Leadership
The first (only?) time Marc and I attempted canoeing together wasn’t pretty. I was in my second trimester of pregnancy. We had been married for just four years. And we were leading a camping trip with a dozen high school students from the boarding school where we had...
