by Aki Jamal Durham | Oct 9, 2025 | Aki Jamal Durham, Influence
Aki Jamal DurhamAki’s background in executive coaching, business, family therapy and counseling has a huge impact on organizations trying to scale or go through a...
by Shawn Meredith | Jul 15, 2025 | Influence, Shawn Meredith
Strip away the jargon. Strip away the tech stack, the HR frameworks, the Zoom fatigue, and the off-site retreats. What is business? It’s a group of humans trying to do something together. A vision. A goal. A shared outcome. Maybe it’s profit, maybe it’s...
by Aki Jamal Durham | Jul 9, 2025 | Aki Jamal Durham, Influence, Mind
Why Ignoring Problems Costs More Than Facing Them Let’s be honest: If there were an actual elephant in your office, your living room, or your team meeting – you’d say something. You wouldn’t just step around it, pretend not to notice, and carry on with...
by Shelley Maurer | Jun 27, 2025 | Influence, Mind, Shelley Maurer
The Workday That Disappeared It’s 5:37 p.m. You close your laptop. You’ve been in motion all day – emails, meetings, those quick “Got a sec?” chats that somehow take 40 minutes. You’ve barely looked up, barely eaten, and somehow still feel… behind? And yet, when...
by Shawn Meredith | Apr 14, 2025 | Influence, Shawn Meredith
So, your leader is a disaster, a mess, a full-blown – walking, talking, liability to the organization. You sit in meetings watching your leader fumble their way through conversations, derail important discussions, and undo months of work with a single offhand...
by Alex Neagoe | Mar 5, 2025 | Alex Neagoe, Influence, Results
In today’s corporate world, middle managers often find themselves in the tricky spot of motivating their teams without the shiny allure of financial incentives. When budgets are tighter than your favorite pair of jeans after the holidays and raises are off the table,...