by John Chilkotowsky | Feb 25, 2026 | Executive Presence, Inspiration, Leader As Coach, Radical Candor
Hard skills are horsepower. Soft skills are steering. You can have enormous power — intelligence, expertise, decisiveness, strategic instinct. You can build plans quickly, make bold calls, restructure teams, close deals. But without steering? You just crash faster....
by John Chilkotowsky | Feb 25, 2026 | Growth Mindset, Inspiration, Leader As Coach, Radical Candor
(What hot air ballooning teaches us about why your team isn’t growing) You’ve just wrapped a team meeting. Direction is clear, priorities are set, everyone knows their role. Efficient. Purposeful. Thirty minutes, clean outcomes. Your team leaves. You feel...
by John Chilkotowsky | May 28, 2021 | Inspiration, Radical Candor
“Freedom isn’t the ability to say yes, it’s the ability to say no.” – Anonymous You’ve just started your day, armed with a clear plan for what you can accomplish. You feel ready to go; there’s a a sense of optimism and possibility in the air. However, just as you...
by John Chilkotowsky | May 23, 2021 | Inspiration, Radical Candor
The scene of the crime You’ve just experienced conflict at work. Someone you supervise has done or said something that isn’t appropriate or up to snuff and it’s your job to talk with them to share your thoughts, find out what’s happening for them and to make requests...
by John Chilkotowsky | Aug 10, 2017 | Growth Mindset, Inspiration, Radical Candor
Lancelot’s supervisor Would you want to supervise Sir Lancelot? You know Lancelot, the knight from Arthurian legend who cannot be beaten in battle, and who (at least initially) seems to have no vice, and never makes a mistake? If there ever is someone who did an...
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