by jill-christensen | May 4, 2026 | Blog, Business
According to a recent Gallup report, managers are more burned out than the people they lead. Why? They’re stuck in the middle—pushing performance from below while absorbing pressure from above. They’re expected to coach, develop, engage, and deliver results… without...
by jill-christensen | Apr 10, 2026 | Blog
AI Isn’t Eliminating Management—It’s Redefining ItFor years, large organizations have been reducing layers of middle management in pursuit of speed, efficiency, and cost control. Now, AI is accelerating that shift. Titles like “manager” are being replaced with “AI...
by jill-christensen | Mar 17, 2026 | Blog, Business
Artificial intelligence is being described in wildly different terms depending on who you ask. For some people, AI is the most helpful coworker they’ve ever had. For others, it’s just a glorified search engine. And to skeptics, it’s vastly overrated. Tech executives...
by jill-christensen | Jan 6, 2026 | Blog, Business
January 5 – Otherwise known as Black Monday. The annual day after the end of the NFL regular season when a slew of losing coaches get fired. This year, a few NFL teams didn’t even wait for the final whistle of the regular season to move on from some key members...
by jill-christensen | Dec 2, 2025 | Blog, Business
When we’re young, saying yes is effortless. It’s instinct. We shoot our hands up first, volunteer without overthinking, and feel that quiet thrill of being chosen. That natural impulse to step forward doesn’t disappear in the people who become leaders — they simply...
