“The skills that got you here are not the skills that will keep you here.” That’s page one. Twelve chapters. Forty-eight tools. Built from 6,000+ hours of coaching conversations with more than 1,000 leaders.
She did the best work in the building. Nobody knew. Renata delivered every quarter, solved the problems no one else could, and never once raised her hand. She was invisible — and she chose to be.
When something needs to be addressed, you have 48 hours to have the conversation. After that, the details fade, the narrative hardens, and you start building a case instead of having a conversation.
The conversation you're afraid will break the relationship is usually the one that saves it. The tension is already there. The other person already feels it. Having the conversation doesn't create the problem — the problem already exists.
