joy

Breaking the Mental Logjam: The Power of Joy

By Julie Benezet:   It’s been quiet up here in the treehouse, at least outwardly. While I often sit among its calming branches, it’s been hard in the past few months to find pearls of wisdom to rise above the current political and cultural insanity. Down on the ground, I’ve focused my work on dealing with […]

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roots

Discovering Your Roots Can Boost Your Growth

By Julie Benezet: The popular PBS program, “Finding Your Roots,” brought home, literally and figuratively, how familial roots run deep, offering insights from distant times and places. With his calm presence, the host, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., mesmerized his guests as he slowly unfolded the many layers of his research into their family histories. Uncovering […]

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BuildingBlocks

Can the “Real Me” Succeed to Lead? – Part 2

By Julie Benezet: Five Building Blocks for Closing the Gap Between Personal and Executive Presence Part 2: Five Building Blocks By Julie Benezet “Always be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second-rate version of someone else.” –Judy Garland As described in Part 1 of this blog, executives often struggle with how to be […]

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reflect

Can the “Real Me” Lead and Succeed? – Part 1

Five Building Blocks for Closing the Gap Between Personal and Executive Presence  Part 1: Minding the Gap By Julie Benezet “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”  The ever-quotable Oscar Wilde gives what seems like obvious advice. However, for many leaders that’s easier said than done. It is not that they don’t want to be […]

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