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Stakeholder Centered Individual and Team Coaching

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Mentor six cohorts annually of Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaches from 20+ countries

Master Coach and Mentor

Are you a Founder or CEO and looking to improve collaboration and performance of your team?  

For those ready to invest a few hours a month we provide a simple, structured, (not easy) process.  

We believe so strongly in the process that you pay nothing until your board and co-workers validate that you are a measurably better leader.   We call this "No Growth, No Pay" and designed this for founders.

Teamwork is a metaskill, a muscle which  gets stronger with regular training.

Over the last 5 years our team has been privileged to accompany dozens of successful leaders to measurably strengthen their collaboration and business performance muscles.

Master Certified Coach

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WARNING!   If you are not looking to achieve transformational growth over at least 12 months, we are not the right partner for you.

Collaboration and Performance.  Both can be measurably improved with a simple, highly time effective process.  We help you see and unleash the value inside yourself, your team and your business processes. 

Our clients regularly achieve  their "Best Year Ever" and have a clear path to an even better 2023.   

Curious?  Book a Zoom meeting  https://calendly.com/teamperformance/20min discovery call 

or email    bill.zeeb@infinitas.coach

Founder

Accenture   George Group

First George Group employee hired in Europe in 2003.  Recruited and built the business to 35+ Master Black Belts before acquisition by Accenture.  Delivered Black Belt, Sponsor, Green Belt, Executive Coaching and Training and supported Kaizen events to help clients execute their strategies.  Performed Deployment Assessments and designed and led deployments which delivered in 7 languages,

Master Black Belt & Dir. Client Services 

Delphi Automotive

Responsible for launch of Lean Six Sigma in 11 factories and 13,000 employees in Turkey, Rumania, Hungary, Poland, Czech, Slovakia, and Austria.  Largest plant with 2,000 employees was able to realize financial benefits in the first 18 months from Lean Six Sigma, equal to over 2% of the annual budget.

Master Black Belt, Eastern Europe

GE Power Controls

Black Belt and Master Black Belt leading and coaching numerous projects in Human Resources, Manufacturing, IT, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Quality and Sales.  Deep Six Sigma expertise though using CAP and building from the 7 GE business units different  Six Sigma curricula as well as the combined Book of Knowledge.

Master Black Belt

Veba Energie   Raab Karcher Energy Services

Process Improvement Consultant for Heating Cost Allocation Service Providor; responsible for the introduction of Six Sigma

International Management Consultant

Opel

Group Leader Capital Budgets, Capital Investment Value Stream Improvement Leader, Manager Accounts Receivable, Manager Account Payable, Pan-European Procurement-Payables Reengineering Leader

Various Leadership Roles in Finance

Various Positions in Sales; Lanier Business Products, Melchior and Associates, Empire

Delivered consistent top line B2B sales growth in complex environments; responsible for the entire sales cycle from prospecting till execution of contract

Sales Representative, Business Broker

about Bill....

- privileged to have trained and coached 2,000 talents in identifying, prioritizing and executing Lean Six Sigma projects to deliver $1B+ in business value

 - provide individual and collective  coaching in over 100 businesses to deliver measurable improvment in leadership behaviors - - -  unleashing better collaboration and performance

- provide award winning sales and sales management development to unleash topline growth 

Our work begins with simple, highly time efficient assessments.

Curious to learn more about co-creating a brighter future for your business? 

Let's connect!  bill.zeeb@infinitas.coach   ++41 79 549 6380

Bill Zeeb

Self-care. I learned this lesson late in life.

And as I celebrate today my 66th birthday, my mission is clear.

To help successful leaders and their teams to even balance caring for themselves, and with the positive energy received, even better care for both those in their charge and business results.

Thank you today to 3 of my many mentors who were willing to spend 5 weeks with me.

Marshall Goldsmith 

Robert (Bob) J. Anderson 

William A. (Bill) Adams

Leadership, Business Performance and Topline Growth

Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.....unless I can celebrate day 4 skiing! 

How do you make your Mondays exrraordinary?

Please share your best tips to inspire others.

What are you grateful for today?

Gratitude is a magical emotion, unleashing positivity.

Try it and share!

When I became a trailing spouse and followed my darling French/Italian wife to Gex, France, just outside of Geneva, I could not have believed what goodness would unfold.

Massive gratitude gives me the energy to be, according to the words of one highly successful Swiss Entrepreneur of the Year, "The most positive person I have ever met."

Are you or is someone you know looking for an Executive Coach able to infuse you with massive positivity AND hold the mirror with authentic courage to share what is holding you back?  DM me.

So much to be thankful for on ski day 14 this season.

What are you thankful for today?

The best distillation of change I have in my library of 1000+ books.  Top 10 takeaways with many links included.

This post came through me to support you. Many links fun and valuable included.  Like this so you can easily find it again.

If you find this useful, please repost, comment, subscribe to my newsletter or buy one or all of the books!  The world never more needed even better leadership.

Special Thanks to Joel Monk, who I have not yet enjoyed the pleasure to meet personally. His podcast, Coaches Rising is a true gem.

Are you interested in change, either individually, with your partner, with your team, with your company, your country or the planet? For 65+ years I h

Open article: The Most Comprehensive Thinking yet on Change?!? by Bill Zeeb • 3 min read

The Most Comprehensive Thinking yet on Change?!?

Self-care. What we can give to others is limited by what we give ourselves. 

What will you give yourself this weekend?

Please comment to share your positive energy  to support others.

Gratitude. Nature gifts us many opportunities to feel the healing power of gratitude daily.

What are you grateful for today?

Follow me for a daily dose of gratitude.

When one conversation unleashes $1B in cost reduction.  Includes my best project explained in detail.  

I spent a week to get the embedded video to less than 5 minutes.  

Reshare or follow, or comment to learn more from client success practices I have been privilege to accompany.

Bill Zeeb Leadership, Business Performance and Topline Growth Most Lean Six Sigma initiatives either fail or fail miserably. And this failure can be p

Open article: Grow Your Market and Reduce Your COGS by Bill Zeeb • 6 min read

What a wonderful 66th birthday gift! 

What unexpected positivity did the universe reveal to you today?

Repost or comment to share your positivity!

Proud to hear these words in my Northwestern Purple.

Never before has advancing our state of development as a "human becoming" been better understood and measurable than today.

Thank you Robert (Bob) J. Anderson for dedicating decades of your life to synthesizing hundreds of years of human development learning  and distilling this into The Univeral Model of Leadership as contained in your books Mastering Leadership and Scaling Leadership with William A. (Bill) Adams .

Solving Critical Business Challenges | Co-Founder KAIZUNO (Built on 85+ Years Combined Excellence Expertise) | Proven 5-Step Formula + AI-Enhanced System + Expert Coaches | EFQM Global Excellence Award Winner

“The best way to spot an idiot? Look for the person who is cruel. … The kindest person in the room is often the smartest.”

Brilliant insights from Governor JB Pritzker

Leadership is a transmission of energy.

Do you know your WHY?  

If not, most likely, you are not impacting the world with your greatness.

Watch this 2 minute video to feel the impact of knowing your WHY.  WARNING Contains sound.


https://lnkd.in/ehcK2_Ra 


The work of Simon Sinek and his book Start with WHY inspired Gary Sanchez DDS to develop a 10 minute WHY assessment.  Which of the 9 WHY's are most ready to send your leadership vibrations to the world?

When I learned this, I experienced a positive shift in my connection with family, coworkers and friends.

If you are curious to learn more about the online WHY assessment or take one this month, write WHY! in the comments. As a coach, I buy these by the thousands and I love sharing them.

Follow me or comment to help receive and share valuable tips on leadership, teamwork and how these unleash $$$ business growth. 

William Robert Ardian Bekim Herolinda Andrea Christian Mohsen Erik Dean Nika Adrian Ivan Ivan Kurt Dror Olaf Carlos Toomas

And thank you Michael Jr. for this great video

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Best visualization ever of 
unconditional positive regard.

If, like me, you learn visually, gollow Pejman Milani !

@milanicreative | Visual teacher simplifying complexity with visual metaphors | +20 years high school teacher

What’s the difference between generosity and strategy?

Or more precisely, what connects your actions and your expectations?
(whether it’s spoken aloud or a silent understanding)

• “I’ll help you ONLY WHEN you help me" → Transactional
• "I'll help you BECAUSE you helped me" → Reciprocal
• "I'll help you SO THAT you'll help me later" → Manipulative
• "I'll help you." → Unconditional

Some relationships are meant to be transactional. That's okay.
It’s how most of the world works.

But the relationships that hit different are the ones that don’t keep score. 

And it's worth knowing which kind you're in and which kind you're offering.

P.S. If you're new here, I'm Pejman Milani (milanicreative).

I've made hundreds of visual metaphors like this as friendly reminders to help live a more intentional and creative life.

If that's your jam, follow me for more daily insights.

$30B lost in < 2 years!!!

Customer Focus. Process Improvement.    

Both can transform a business.

When treated as an "either/or" even Starbucks can be brought to their knees.

Customer Focus. Process Improvement. These are a "both/and." 

Question for you, dear reader and the insightful Leysan :

Would you agree that Exec Team continuous leadership growth is as important as Customer Focus and Process Improvement?

Follow me for another example of  massive value creation and loss.

CFO | Strategic Business Partner | Financial Performance

Starbucks is on its 4th CEO in less than 3 years.

September 2024: Brian Niccol takes over. His job: fix the $30B mess Narasimhan left in 17 months.

So what happened there?

March 2023: Laxman Narasimhan becomes CEO.

On paper, he looked perfect. 19 years at McKinsey. PepsiCo executive across 100+ countries. Just turned around Reckitt (saved £2B, grew 8.6%).

The board gave him 6 months to train as a barista. He relocated from London to Seattle. He was all in.

His plan? "Triple Shot Reinvention With Two Pumps."

Yes, that was the actual name.

$600M in technology. 
Supply chain optimization. 
Data-driven decisions.
It looked smart. It sounded strategic.

But he brought the wrong playbook.

At Reckitt, success came from cost cutting and portfolio optimization.

At Starbucks, success comes from customer experience and baristas who know your name.

And he never asked customers why they stopped coming.

Mobile orders hit 31%. The coffeehouse where people loved to hangout for hours became a pickup counter they rushed through.

Sales dropped for the first time in 3 years. 
Then traffic down 6%. 
Then stock down 20%.

$30B in market value — gone.

August 13, 2024. Before market open.

Board announces Narasimhan out. Effective immediately.
No transition. Just out.

Stock soars 24% that day. 

Biggest gain in Starbucks history. 
$20B in value created by his departure.

Brian Niccol's first move? "Get back to what made us special."

Not more data. Not more technology. Customer experience.

He spent 6 years turning around Chipotle after food safety scandals. 

Stock up 773%. Margins from 17% to 26%.

But Chipotle took 3 years to turn around and Starbucks is 10x bigger: 41,000 stores across 80+ countries.

That's the CFO lesson:

You can spend $600M on technology and optimize every part of supply chain — but the wrong playbook costs billions. 

No amount of data replaces listening to your customers.

Can Brian Niccol pull off a turnaround 10x bigger than Chipotle — or will the board panic before year 3?

♻️ If this resonates, share it with your network. 
🔔 Follow me for more CFO insights. 

#CFOLeadership #BusinessModel #Starbucks #Turnaround #Founders

For decades my childhood operating system ran me.

As the oldest of 6 kids, my parents mantra?

"If you do not have anything nice to say, don't say anything." 

Helped me earn the description from a Swiss Entrepreneur of the Year, 

"Bill Zeeb is the most positive person I have ever met."

Not useful when a critical word is needed, which is ever more often in today's chaotic world.

The good news is that this operating system can be upgraded.

Thank you to William A. (Bill) Adams and Robert (Bob) J. Anderson and Paul Crick  and many others for introducing me to The Leadership Circle Assessment to diagnose and see this and to Marshall Goldsmith and Frank Wagner and Brandon James Mergard - Marshall Goldsmith Coaching for helping me with a simple (never easy!) and highly time efficient system to reboot my new operating system.

Repost, follow or comment if you are curious about upgrading your leadership operating system.

Life is Good!

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁?
In this #SurfacingCreativeLeadership conversation, Leadership Circle Co-Founders William A. (Bill) Adams and Robert (Bob) J. Anderson explore the 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 dimension of the Leadership Circle Profile®—and what it really takes to tell the truth, even when it’s uncomfortable.

At its best, Courageous Authenticity opens the door to trust, growth, and genuine connection. But when fear takes the lead, we self-protect, withdraw, or withhold what most needs to be said.

Bill and Bob unpack how leaders can move from guarded to grounded—speaking truth in ways that strengthen, not sever, relationships.

📽️ 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.👇

#SurfacingCreativeLeadership #CreativeLeadership #CourageousAuthenticity

How do you deal with setbacks?  A few insights from decades of work to see the positive in a world that often seems ever more chaotic.

For much of my life, I was not a good reframer. Fortunately reframing is a learnable skill, a muscle we can train. The more I train, the more ease I h

Open article: For Self-Care, Your Loved Ones, or Your Co-Workers, Reframing is Magic! by Bill Zeeb • 4 min read

For Self-Care, Your Loved Ones, or Your Co-Workers, Reframing is Magic!

Can love be measured?

Can leadership effectiveness be measured?

Today I celebrate the 65+ million  leaders and stakeholders who have participated in perhaps the greatest experiment on leadership. Over 20+ years.  

Follow me if you want to learn more about the Harvard defined different levels of human development and latest research on how to grow your leadership faster with less pain and even some fun.

Thank you Vinay for this powerful graphic on the 3 measurable and trainable (like a muscle) stages of leadership effectiveness.

Scaling Leadership * Strengthening Individuals & Teams * Creating Sustainable Impact

Being a Chemical Engineer by training, before working with any instrument, it's important to me to understand the core premise upon which it is built, the research behind it, and evidence of connection to business performance. Here's what it is for Leadership Circle Profile (LCP) as I have come to understand it, and why today LCP is the only leadership 360 instrument I choose to work with. 

LCP's Core Premise

1. Structure Determines Performance.  

Deeper the roots, the better the tree withstands the storms.  A warehouse is built for storage and shipping, a home for living. Different structures, different performance.  Similarly, for us humans, our conscious is our structure, our operating system. Therefore, if we want to increase our effectiveness and create higher levels of performance, we must be restructured. As it's said, what got us here isn't going to get us there.

2. Humans grow, IF they grow, vertically through a series of stages. Think of these as stages of levels of maturation.   Per research, as leaders grow vertically, they become more effective. This matters - a LOT - as effectiveness is directly connected to business performance.

As can be seen in the graph below, as leaders move up from Reactive to Creative to Integral, which points to different stages of development, they become significantly more effective.

Where Leadership Circle Profile (LCP) comes in is that it helps leaders gain invaluable insights into the level they're operating from, and what their unlocking move is to grow further in their level of consciousness.  

In my own personal experience, and that of having worked with leaders at various levels and many industries, here are some of the changes I have observed that result from these shifts:

* Leaders become much more self-aware, which is important and serves as the foundation upon which they develop personal mastery.
* Leaders are able to take more perspective, see more options and choices, and reflect and contemplate on those choices.
* As a result of the above, leaders are then able to take wiser decisions and more effective actions, which ultimately leads to better business outcomes.

If you're a leader and you are committed to growing further in the coming year, I encourage you to learn more about LCP.  You can do that by visiting: https://lnkd.in/eTszRRFS.

Coaches Rising is a great podcast I recommend for anyone seeking more consciousness or self-awareness or leadership effectiveness.

Today, ski day one this season, I celebrate the talented Joel Monk who brings a creative flow of valuable topics.  

See you tomorrow for a day 2 sunrise.

How do you plan to refuel yourself this weekend?

Leave a comment or repost to inspire others.

Life is good!

Self-care, nature, gratitude.

When we care for ourselves, we can even better care for others.

How do you care for yourself?

Leave a comment to inspire others.

(View of Mt. Blanc on ski day 2 this season)

Life is good!

Thank you Marshall for this reminder.   A positive attitude is a learnable skill which can be strengthened with practice.

And as Richard Boyatzis documents in his 2024 book, The Science of Change, Human and Leadership growth arise much faster from positivity.

Tomorrow I will share how my cancer journey brings some of the greatest opportunities of my life!

Life is good!

My latest project: MarshallGoldsmith.ai Ask me any question. Everything I know is available for free! | Thinkers50 Hall of Fame | #1 Executive Coach | #1 Leadership Thought Leader | #1 NYT Bestselling Author

Never be embarrassed to be an optimist.

The world will always have threats.

The question is: What do you see first?

People who believe they can succeed see opportunities where others see threats.

They aren’t naïve - they’re focused.

They aren’t ignoring reality - they’re choosing where to invest their energy.

Optimism is not denial.
Optimism is courage.

Life is good.
Marshall

The Leadership Circle is 'A Universal Model of Leadership'which the Swiss have chosen as their favorite.  

Roche, Syngenta, Dectris, Optotune, Swisscom, Tillotts, Tocco and AXPO are a few of the successful Swiss organizations using this "Leadership MRI" to measure 27 leadership behavioral tendencies - - - on a 1 to 100 percentile scale leveraging a global database of 684,000 leaders and over 1,000,000,000 (that's one billion) observer answered questions.  

As a Lean Six Sigma data freak, I find even more powerful the available correlations and text comment research revealing correlations between these leadership tendencies and leadership effectiveness itself.

Game changing for me. And for the successful leaders I accompany.

Thank you Christian Hofstetter for sharing this example of the powerful Leadership Circle mat, which has helped me and thousands of other leaders to physically "step into" our leadership.

Step into?  What does this mean? 

1.Both  "reactive" tendencies (safety based, or 'play not to lose') which cancel out our leadership. 

2. And our "creative" tendencies (purpose based or growth mindset or  'play to win') which expand our leadership.

Starting in January I will be running a monthly meet-up in Zurich to share with leaders who do not yet know this model or who wish to learn more a multitude of specific examples of measurable individual and collective leadership growth.

The past years I have been privileged to spend 5 weeks with the Founder and Chief Knowledge Officer of "A Universal Model of Leadership,'  Robert (Bob) J. Anderson  and Ambassador - CEO  William A. (Bill) Adams.   As a European Ambassador for The Leadership Circle it is my turn to share this gift with the planet.

Repost or comment to receive advance notice and an invitation to join one of the monthly sessions starting in January.

We loved this powerful reflection from Christian Hofstetter as he kicked off a new cohort at Swisscom exploring the inner dynamics of leadership through the Leadership Circle Profile.

💡 Rather than adding tools to the toolkit, this program invites leaders to explore the stories, beliefs, and nervous system responses that shape their leadership—consciously or unconsciously.

As Christian puts it:
“Are you acting to avoid discomfort, or acting for what you want to create?”

The journey of transformation is personal, profound, and never linear. But with tools like the LCP, leaders gain a clear, grounded path to more conscious, creative leadership.

#LeadershipCircle #CreativeLeadership #ConsciousLeadership
#LCP #LeadershipDevelopment #InnerWork #Transformation #Swisscom

Options To Grow

I help successful leaders become even better by measurably improving their leadership effectiveness.

I was trained by Marshall Goldsmith (#1 rated executive coach in the world). I use a unique method based on over 30 years of research. (Stakeholder-Centered Coaching)

How is it different from other forms of coaching? 

- Coaching happens in your job. It doesn't take much of your time. (As a former C-Level executive, I know how important it is to you.)
- You only pay me if you succeed. (I’m serious)
- Success is not defined by me but by your stakeholders. (You choose them) 

Curious? Contact me here. https://optionstogrow.com/11-executive-coaching/

#coaching #executivecoaching #careercoach #leadershipcoaching

Quadient

-Member of Quadient executive committee.
-In charge of the DACH & Italy P&I-350 people-100 m€ Revenue
-Aggregate more than 7 companies in different countries and business lines to create this new region.
-Launch strategical projects for Digital Transformation and core preservation.

#management #digitaltransformation #saas
#customerexperience #coo 
#ceo #executive

Chief Operating Officer DACH & Italy

-In charge of Switzerland & Italy P&I-130 people-40 m€ Revenue
-Create the region.
-Launch strategical projects for Digital Transformation and core preservation.

#management #digitaltransformation #saas
#executive #managingdirector

Managing Director Switzerland & Italy

-In charge of the Swiss P&I-60 people-20 m€ Revenue

#management #digitaltransformation 
#saas  #executive #managingdirector

Managing Director Switzerland

In charge of the Neopost indirect Channel for Europe, Middle East, Africa, Central and South America.

Director Emerging Markets

In charge of the development of Eastern Europe, Central Europe and Balkans states.

Export Manager

Product Manager

Sales manager

Senior Client Manager

Sales Representative

Accelerating C-Level Impact | Ran a 9-figure business | Executive Coach

What if leadership was your best lever for accelerating your important projects? 
 
You're talented, successful, and have high ambitions for your teams and yourself...
 
Your challenges are getting bigger and bigger. 
 
And you know that what got you here won't get you there. 

 
In theory, we all understand what good leadership looks like. 

→Seek first to understand, then to be understood. (Habit #5 in Mr Covey's famous book )
→Build a climate of trust.
→Avoid trying to win all the time...

But (let's face it), changing leadership behavior is hard.

Especially in the heat of the moment...

When you're juggling different appointments, preparing an important presentation, reviewing figures that aren't as good as expected...

Executing what we know in leadership theory seems impossible.

❇️How can I help? 

I work with you to identify a behavior affecting the team and replace it with one motivating the team. 

❇️What's going to happen? 

→ You continue to win and build with confidence your future success.
→ Positive energy increase in the team
→ Confidence rises

And your nights are better. :)

❇️How can I say that? 

Our coaching process is proven, measurable, used worldwide with over 11,000 leaders, and has a 95% success rate.

I didn't invent it (I wish I had 😀)

It was designed by Marshall Goldsmith, the world's #1 rated executive coach, who trained me. 

Over the past 30 years, this method has delivered exceptional results, earning the trust of more than 150 Fortune 500 companies, including Ford, IBM, Johnson and Johnson, Microsoft, Toyota, 3M, Apple, AT&T, Hermann Miller, KPMG, Intel, and many others.

❇️How is it different from other forms of coaching? 

→ Coaching happens in your job. It doesn't take much of your time. (As a former C-Level executive, I know how important it is to you.)
→ You only pay me if you succeed (I'm serious)
→ Success is not defined by me but by your stakeholders. (You choose them)

❇️Want to know more? 

→DM me here on Linkedin. 
→Email me at Dror@optionstogrow.com
→Visit my website https://optionstogrow.com/11-executive-coaching/

Let's embark on this transformative journey, unlocking your leadership's and team's true potential.

Dror

Dror Allouche

Stop waiting to be saved.
The moment you realize no one is coming is the moment you get your power back.

We think the strings are real.
The difficult boss, the missed promotion, the lack of opportunity.

But they're not. They're in our heads.
And the moment you see them for what they are, you can cut them forever.

My career took off the day I cut my own strings. 

Career acceleration isn't about blaming.
It's about seeing where you hold the scissors.

7 moments successful people own:

1. The Missed Promotion
❌ "They always choose their favorites"
✅ "What I need to improve to get promoted?"

2. The Failed Project
❌ "The team didn't deliver"
✅ "How could I have led this differently? "

3. The Difficult Boss
❌ "They don't understand me"
✅ "What can I change to make my message better understood? "

4. The Career Plateau
❌ "This company doesn't give opportunities"
✅ "What are my other options? "

5. The Meeting Conflict
❌ "They always oppose my ideas"
✅ "How I say things that make them say no?"

6. The Feedback Loop
❌ "They don't see my value"
✅ "How can I become a proactive feedback hunter?"

7. The Market Changes
❌ "Everything is uncertain now"
✅ "What new skills I need to learn?"

The truth about responsibility:
→ It's not about the past
→ It's about your future
→ It's not guilt, it's power

Don't just break the strings. 
Become the one who was always in control.

♻️ Repost to help others take control of their career
🔔 Follow Dror Allouche for more practical leadership insights

THE STRINGS ARE IN YOUR MIND

Most leaders chase success, hoping it will make them happy.
The happiest leaders I know chase a purpose, and success follows them.

When I started my career, I often linked my success to the approval of others. 

The promotion. The bonus. The congratulations of my peers.

But it's fragile.  

Promotions vanish. Bonuses change. People leave. 

My career progressed much faster when I changed my perspective. 

And Albert Einstein said it best when he advised us to tie our lives to a purpose, not to people or things.

This isn't a soft sentiment. 
It's a strategic framework for a resilient career.

Here are 4 ways to build your life around a purpose:
(Actionable points in the carousel)

1️⃣ Shift from Taking to Giving
↳ A job is about what you can get. A purpose is about what you can contribute. 
↳ The paradox is that the more you focus on giving, the more you end up receiving.

2️⃣ Make Purpose a Necessity
↳ A compelling future isn't a "nice-to-have" anymore. 
↳ It's the fuel that gets you through the inevitable tough days. It's a strategic necessity for a long career.

3️⃣ Live a Coherent Life
↳ Connect who you are, what you believe, and what you do. 
↳ When your actions and your values are in alignment, you become unstoppable.

4️⃣ Let Purpose Be Your Boss
↳ The most successful people do the work they dislike in service of the purpose they love. 
↳ A strong "why" can overcome almost any "how."

Stop tying your happiness to things that can be taken away.
Tie it to a purpose that can only grow.

♻️ Repost if you think someone in your network needs to hear this.
🔔 Follow Dror Allouche for more practical leadership insights.
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4 ways to build your life around a purpose

Taking accountability shouldn't sound like an apology.
But sometimes we confuse the two.

A small sentence can make or break our start.

Opening with "I'm sorry we missed the target" can shift the audience from confidence to uncertainty.

Don't gamble with your executive presence. 
It's one of the obvious criteria when your next promotion is being discussed. 

Here's the critical difference between apology language and accountability language:
(with actionable tools in the carousel)

1️⃣ When projects miss deadlines

"I'm sorry we missed the deadline."
vs.
"We missed the deadline. Here's what I'm doing to prevent this."

↳ Apologies focus on your feelings
↳ Accountability focuses on solutions

2️⃣ When your team makes mistakes

Don't say: "I apologize for my team's error."
Say this: "My team made an error. I own it. Here's the fix."

↳ Apologies ask for forgiveness
↳ Accountability demonstrates control

3️⃣ When delivering difficult news

Skip: "Sorry to bring you bad news."
Lead with: "Here's the situation and our path forward."

↳ Your authority matters more than their comfort
↳ C-Suite leaders don't apologize for reality

4️⃣ When you disagree with leadership

"Sorry, but I disagree."
vs.
"I see it differently. Here's why."

↳ Never apologize for your perspective
↳ State your conviction clearly

5️⃣ When priorities change

"I'm sorry, but we need to reprioritize."
vs.
"We're reprioritizing based on new information."

↳ Change isn't failure
↳ It's strategic leadership

6️⃣ When addressing stakeholder concerns

"I apologize for any confusion."
vs.
"Let me clarify our position."

↳ Don't assume you did something wrong
↳ Assume you're leading through complexity

The pattern is simple:

Stop softening your ownership with apologies.
Start leading with clarity and conviction.

C-Suite executives take full accountability.
Without diminishing themselves.

That's executive presence.

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7 Brutal Truths About Getting Promoted I know at 50
(That I Wish I Knew At 30)

My story:
↳ Started as a junior Salesperson
↳ Promoted 8 times in 20 years
↳ Reach the C-Suite and lead a nine-figure business. 

Here are 7 brutal truths I learned…
(And what to do instead in the carousel)

1️⃣ You are not your numbers
↳ Companies rate you on results
↳ But tying your worth to numbers is a trap
↳ Aim to become better, not just perform better

2️⃣ Doing everyone's work keeps you stuck
↳ Being the go-to person feels good
↳ But it keeps you where you are
↳ Great leaders build teams, not cross off tasks

3️⃣ Working alone doesn't work
↳ Even perfect solutions fail without support
↳ Engage others from the start
↳ Team buy-in beats solo perfection

4️⃣ Saying "yes" to everything is saying "no" to growth
↳ Being always available doesn't make you valuable
↳ Smart people set boundaries
↳ Your ability to say "no" shows your growth potential

5️⃣ Letting bad behavior continue destroys trust
↳ Your silence shows acceptance
↳ Good people leave when values aren't protected
↳ Act quickly when values are broken

6️⃣ Avoiding decisions hurts your career
↳ Waiting for everyone to agree wastes time
↳ Good leaders make clear calls
↳ Pick a direction, even when it's tough

7️⃣ Worrying blocks your success
↳ Most of your fears? They never happen
↳ While you're worried, others are moving ahead
↳ Action beats worry every time

The biggest truth?
These aren't just lessons.
They're choices you make every day.

Your career moves forward when you:
• Choose action over fear
• Choose boundaries over pleasing everyone
• Choose difficult discussions rather than easy paths


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7 Brutal Truths About Getting Promoted I know at 50

Your dream job is probably the one you already have. 

You're just doing it wrong.

Many leaders feel trapped in "golden handcuffs". Successful, well-paid, but secretly bored or unfulfilled.

They think the only solution is to quit and "find" their passion elsewhere.

But what if you didn't need to leave to find it?

I've started my career in sales. I often heard colleagues complain: "It's hard, it's boring, it's risky..."

And that's understandable. Who likes to hear 10 "no's" for one potential "yes"?

I didn't. But I stayed. Why?

Because I stopped looking at it as "Sales" and started looking at the sub-modalities. I became passionate about communication, psychology, negotiation, active listening...

The daily practice of these specific skills gave me incredible energy. My entire career was built on the skills I learned during a job I could have easily hated.

You don't need to change your job to do what you love. Sometimes, it's right in front of you.

Here's a 3-step guide to re-engineering your role for satisfaction and high performance:
(with actionable tools in the carousel)

1️⃣ Deconstruct Your Role
-> Your job title is just a label, but your actual work is a collection of dozens of 'mini-skills'
-> Break it down into components.
-> Which specific micro-skill sparks a light in you?

2️⃣ Focus on the Energy 
-> You cannot be excellent at everything. Filter ruthlessly for what excites you
-> Automate, delegate, or eliminate the rest
-> Even a small shift in ratio can transform your week

3️⃣ Design Your Week
-> Satisfaction doesn't happen by accident. It happens by design
-> Protect the time for the work that matters most to you
-> Block high-energy work as non-negotiable appointments with yourself

You don't need to quit to find your passion. 
You just need to look closer at what you already have.

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3-step guide to re-engineering your role for satisfaction

The 7 most common phrases in business.
They all sound professional. And they're all quietly killing your authority.

Authority isn't destroyed in one big event.
It's lost in small, everyday moments.

Think of your authority like a bucket of water. 
Each time you use a weak phrase, you make a tiny hole.
By the time you notice the pool at your feet, the damage is done.

Here are 7 "leaks" to patch up today:

1. "This might be a stupid question..."
Undermines your credibility before speaking.
✅ "I'd like to understand more about..."

2. "I'm not good at..."
Self-defeating and limits your potential.
✅ "I'm working on improving my..."

3. "I'll get back to you when I can."
Gives a sense of vagueness.
✅ "I'll review this and respond by [specific time]."

4. "That's not my job."
Shows lack of empathy and team spirit.
✅ "Let me help you find the right person for this."

5. "That's not how we do things here."
Shows resistance to new ideas and change.
✅ "Let's explore how this could work with our process."

6. "You always/never..."
Creates defensiveness and breaks connection.
✅ "I've noticed that sometimes..."

7. "With all due respect..."
Usually precedes disrespect or confrontation.
✅ "I see this differently, and here's why..."

Stop worrying about the floods that might sink your career.
Pay attention to the small, daily leaks instead.

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7 Phrases That Kill Your authority Instantly

Your greatest strength is your biggest weakness. 

The drive to do more is killing your success.

We all know that feeling, don't we? 
That inner critic that whispers even when we try to rest:

- "I could push this project forward"
- "That email needs answering"
- "One more call wouldn't hurt"

Here's the truth:
Resting isn't lazy. It's strategic.

5 ways to turn guilt-free breaks into your competitive advantage:
(with actionable tools in the carousel)

1️⃣ Treat Recovery Like Strategy
↳ Schedule breaks in your calendar
↳ Defend them like board meetings
👉 "Recovery time is production time"

2️⃣ Master the Power Pause
↳ 90-min focus blocks
↳ 15-min complete disconnection
👉 "Short breaks prevent long burnouts"

3️⃣ Upgrade Your Sleep Strategy
↳ Make it your most important meeting
↳ Non-negotiable 7-hour appointment with yourself
👉 "Sleep debt compounds like financial debt"

4️⃣ Transform Family Time
↳ Plan it with the same precision as work
↳ Put phones away during quality time
👉 "Presence beats productivity"

5️⃣ Reframe Your Recovery
↳ It's not time off, it's time to rebuild
↳ Track energy gains, not time spent
👉 "Rest is the foundation of excellence"

Relaxing isn't a distraction from your success.
It's fuel for your future achievements.

You're already work like a pro. 
Learn to rest like a pro. 

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I’ve spent most of my career trying to figure out how to grow a business. More sales. Better processes. Smarter strategies.

But the real secret is much simpler than that.

Your words are the most powerful leadership tool you have.
They can be the water that helps them grow, or the poison that demoralizes them.

Here are 4 ways to use your words to unlock your team’s potential:
(plus a practical tool for each in the carousel)

1️⃣ See their future self, not just their current role.
↳ Treat people as they can be, not just as they are. 
↳ This helps them become their potential selves.

🤔 Coaching Question: If your team member were already the best version of their professional self, what one new responsibility would you trust them with today?

2️⃣ Stop motivating. Start removing obstacles.
↳ The most effective managers focus on not demotivating their people. 
↳ Your main job is to remove the things that crush their drive.

🤔 Coaching Question: What is the "pebble in the shoe" of your team that you have the power to remove?

3️⃣ To be a great leader, be a great listener.
↳ Being heard is invaluable. 
↳ Offering it to your team is the fastest way to build trust.

🤔 Coaching Question: In your last conversation, did you spend more time formulating your response or understanding theirs?

4️⃣ Don't provide the answers. Draw out their intelligence.
↳ Leadership is about drawing out the intelligence of others, not demonstrating your own.

🤔 Coaching Question: What would happen if, for one week, you were only allowed to answer your team’s questions with another question?

Your team doesn't need another manager.
They need a leader who will help them grow.

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4 ways to use your words to unlock your team’s potential

The work that matters most in leadership? It's invisible.
And that's exactly why most leaders miss it.

You're measuring the wrong things.
Meetings attended. Emails sent. Tasks completed.
Meanwhile, the work that actually transforms teams happens between the lines.

Here are 6 types of invisible work that separate leaders from managers:

1️⃣ Reading What's Not Said
Address what people feel, not just what they report.

2️⃣ Turning Confusion Into Direction
Cut through corporate speak and connect daily work to the bigger picture

3️⃣ Clearing the Path Before It's Blocked
Remove bureaucratic barriers before your team even sees them.

4️⃣ Building Trust in Tiny Moments
Keep the small promises and show up when it's inconvenient.

5️⃣ Thinking While Everyone Else Is Doing
Connect the dots from random problems to see the real opportunity.

6️⃣ Helping People See Around Corners
Show people the career path they can't see for themselves.

None of this shows up in your performance review.
Your calendar won't reflect it.
But it's the difference between leading people and just coordinating work.

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Your biggest dream feels impossible.
It's not. It's just a project that hasn't been planned yet.

This isn't magic. 

As Napoleon Hill said, "Whatever Your Mind Can Conceive and Believe, It Can Achieve.”

Here are 5 principles of a practical dreamer:
(with actionable tools in the carousel)

1️⃣ Believe It Before You See It.
↳ Your mind must create a clear and compelling future reality before you can build it in the real world.
🤔 Coaching Question: If you had a magic wand and could create your ideal career with 100% certainty of success, what would it look like in vivid detail?

2️⃣ Attract Success, Don't Chase It.
↳ You attract success by who you become, not by what you chase. Focus on your own growth, and opportunities will come to you.
🤔 Coaching Question: What kind of person would you have to become to make your biggest goals inevitable?

3️⃣ Win the Decade, Not Just the Year.
↳ We overestimate what we can do in a year, but drastically underestimate what we can do in ten. True vision is measured in decades.
🤔 Coaching Question: If you were planning your career for a decade instead of this quarter, what is the one thing you would start doing differently today?

4️⃣ Do Less to Achieve More.
↳ The key to making progress on what truly matters is not to add more tasks, but to subtract the ones that don't.
🤔 Coaching Question: What is the one thing you are currently doing that, if you stopped, would create the most space for your most important work?

5️⃣ Close the Knowing-Doing Gap.
↳ Knowledge is useless without action. The only thing that creates results is execution.
🤔 Coaching Question: What is the smallest possible action you can take in the next 10 minutes to turn your biggest idea into a real-world experiment?

Your dreams don't need magic to come true.
They just need a plan.

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Visualize it. Believe it. Build it.

Most people walk into difficult conversations with a script.

Leaders walk in with a ritual.

The difference? 
One prepares what to say.
The other prepares who to be.

When I failed at difficult conversations, it wasn't because I wasn't prepared. It was because I had prepared myself poorly.

I was focusing on what I thought I should say instead of trying to understand the other person. 

Here's the 5-minute pre-conversation ritual that works.
(with actionable tools in the carousel)

1️⃣ The Stakeholder Lens Shift (60 seconds)
↳ Stop asking "What do I need to say?"
↳ Start asking "What does this person care about most?"
👉 Write down their top 3 priorities before you write your own

2️⃣ The Outcome Anchor (60 seconds)
↳ Define what success looks like for BOTH of you
↳ Not just your goal, their goal too
👉 "If this goes well, what changes for them?"

3️⃣ The Emotional Pre-Flight (90 seconds)
↳ Name what you're feeling (anxiety, frustration, defensiveness)
↳ Acknowledge it, then park it
👉 Three deep breaths to reset your nervous system

4️⃣ The Assumption Check (60 seconds)
↳ List your assumptions about their position
↳ Mark each one as "verified" or "assumption"
👉 Most of your stress comes from stories you haven't verified

5️⃣ The First Question (30 seconds)
↳ Don't plan your opening statement
↳ Plan your opening question
👉 "Help me understand..." beats "Here's what I think..." every time

That's it.

Five minutes.

The conversation won't follow your script anyway.
But you'll be ready for what actually happens.

Stop preparing speeches.
Start preparing presence.

If you have a tough conversation coming up and want to ensure you show up as a leader, let's talk. Send me a DM.

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