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 It was also a historical reference from studying the Revolutionary War (see the Battle of Lexington and Concord).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...
by Marc A. Pitman | May 30, 2026 | CEO/Executive Directors, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership
Are You Building Staircases to Nowhere? I’ve been listening to Rabbi Angela Buchdahl’s memoir Heart of a Stranger. She shared a story that stuck with me. The story about the Winchester House. The Winchester Mystery House You may have heard of Sarah...
by Marc A. Pitman | May 11, 2026 | CEO/Executive Directors, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership
Recently on a leadership podcast, the host asked me a question clients often wonder but rarely say out loud. We were talking through the Leaders Journey model, the four quadrants we use to help leaders understand where they are and where they’re headed. I had...
by Emily J. Pitman | May 6, 2026 | Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership
There is something deeply satisfying about checking a box. A task completed. A project moved forward. A visible sign that progress is being made. I understand the appeal. Marc and I have been using Zoho Projects to manage our work together. It gives us structure,...
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...
