by Emily J. Pitman | Oct 22, 2025 | Focus, Journey, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership
Marc and I have a secret trick that we use whenever we move, go on vacation, or take on a big house project. We always keep a deck of cards nearby. Our cards of choice include UNO, Skip-Bo, or a standard deck that we can play Cribbage with. We don’t always play, but...
by Emily J. Pitman | Oct 7, 2025 | Coaching, Journey, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership
When Marc and I first used the phrase “co-pilgrims on an unknown journey together, for an unspecified length of time,” we didn’t realize how deeply true that language would become. We used it lightly at first — a poetic alternative to “dating.” Over time, it has...
by Emily J. Pitman | Sep 24, 2025 | Coaching, Journey, Personal Leadership
In this series, we’ve been exploring what it looks like to approach leadership with a journey mindset. Journeys begin with possibility, and they move through recognizable patterns. But along the way, they also invite surprises. Sometimes those surprises feel...
by Emily J. Pitman | Sep 10, 2025 | Coaching, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership
This article is part of a larger series exploring leadership with a journey mindset. Journeys invite us to see leadership not as a fixed destination, but as an unfolding process—one that begins with possibility, moves through challenges, and opens up new perspectives...
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 Emily J. Pitman | Aug 25, 2025 | Coaching, Journey, Personal Leadership, Vision
Many people know that Marc and I grew up in Maine—and that we now live in South Carolina. When we moved here (ten years ago this summer!), it wasn’t because we had any certainty. We were moving to a place that ticked the boxes on what we were looking for (homeschool...
by Emily J. Pitman | Jul 30, 2025 | Coaching, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership
Introducing A Blog Series from Emily When Marc and I began “dating,” we were both tangled in a web of well-meaning but toxic purity culture expectations. High achievers to the core, we were doing our best to follow all the right rules—but rarely checked in with our...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jun 25, 2025 | CEO/Executive Directors, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership
I recently was talking with a CEO who said something that stuck with me: “Marc, I spend my days solving everyone else’s problems, but who do I talk to about mine?” Sound familiar? Leadership is lonely. You’re expected to have all the answers,...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jun 11, 2025 | CEO/Executive Directors, Personal Leadership
In leadership, it’s natural to start by doing what you’ve seen others do. We call that “Quadrant 1.” When that doesn’t work, you try fixing what’s broken with yourself. But some leaders get to a point where they get tired of the...
by Marc A. Pitman | May 29, 2025 | CEO/Executive Directors, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership
The CEO looked exhausted. Three major team members had just given notice in the same week, the board was breathing down her neck about revenue projections, and she’d just learned that her biggest competitor had landed the client she’d been courting for...
