by Stephanie Barros | Nov 8, 2025 | Book Reviews
Simon Sinek’s Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t (2014, Penguin Group) explores the fundamental human need for trust and belonging in leadership. Drawing inspiration from the U.S. Marine Corps’ tradition that officers eat after their... 
by Stephanie Barros | Aug 14, 2025 | Book Reviews
Workplace fear may be invisible, but its impact isn’t. In The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth, Amy C. Edmondson offers a compelling blueprint for what it takes to create workplaces where... 
by Stephanie Barros | Aug 12, 2025 | High Performance
There’s a lot of noise out there about “finding your passion.” It’s painted as the ultimate solution to career dissatisfaction, self-doubt, and that nagging question, “Is this really it?” But let’s be honest. Passion can be both a blessing and a curse. It can light... 
by Stephanie Barros | Aug 7, 2025 | Book Reviews
First published in 1997 by Doubleday, The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch introduces a compelling way to view time, effort, and results that challenges the status quo of modern productivity thinking. The principle is simple but powerful: 80 percent of results often... 
by Stephanie Barros | Aug 5, 2025 | High Performance
We just spent the weekend in the Hunter Valley (beautiful… and wet!) And on the drive down, we listened to an episode of Diary of a CEO where a panel of AI experts bluntly declared: “These jobs won’t exist in 24 months.” And let me tell you, those weren’t roles stuck...