Trail Talk
A Blog About Business, Leaders and Leadership
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Purpose as a Compass: Rethinking Critical Business Decisions
Purpose is more than just a big picture idea it is essential to making even some of the most mundane decisions. Remember, at The Forged Leader we see purpose as defined by “who am I supposed to...
Breaking Free from Isolation: You’re Not Alone in Business
As a business leader and mentor, I've sat across from countless peers, and I see it in their eyes—that same look I used to see in my mirror (maybe sometimes still do). The weight of feeling alone....
Why Great Strategies Fail Part 2 – And What You Can Do About It.
Forging a Successful Execution Between The leader and Their Strategy This realization led to the creation of The Forged Mentor coaching and mentoring community. We understood that giving someone a...
Why Great Strategies Fail Part 1 – The Human Element We’ve Been Missing
Have you ever watched a perfectly good business strategy crash and burn? I have - a little too often - not all mine I promise. As someone who's spent years running businesses in the strategy,...
Mastering Communication – Lessons From Communicating Across Foreign and Domestic Cultures
Winston Churchill famously said once - “England and the United States are two countries separated by a common language”. I have found the same to be true as an Australian living in the US today. ...
Why Does My Purpose Even Matter?
I made it about 80% of the way up Black Elk Peak in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Unfortunately, I did not make it to the top - you see 12 months ago I experienced a serious vertigo incident, and...
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