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  • [New Insider Update] Most People Read to Feel Smart, Not to Create Value

    [New Insider Update] Most People Read to Feel Smart, Not to Create Value

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    Kris Safarova
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    Some of the most respected executives and advisors in the world have spent their careers refining one skill. One that determines whether knowledge translates into value. It’s not intelligence. It’s not memory. It’s not even experience. Yet, this single ability separates those who rise from those who plateau. Most people (including consultants, leaders, strategists) believe…

  • [The Annual: NEW Episodes] They Made You Believe This Is Your Dream

    [The Annual: NEW Episodes] They Made You Believe This Is Your Dream

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    Kris Safarova
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    They Made You Believe… This Is Your Dream The rules were clear. Some schools were off-limits. Some careers were not meant for people like him. Funding for his education was a fraction of what others received. The message was unspoken but deafening: stay in your place. Most people in his position would have accepted these…

  • Are you someone’s retirement plan?

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    Kris Safarova
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    Patrick (pseudonym) is a distinguished client and exceptionally talented across disciplines. Yet, when Patrick was twenty-five years old Kris and I predicted how/when/where his life would disintegrate. We predicted his mid-life crisis, which played out as we had explained it to him. His story is not all that different from many of our clients. Patrick’s parents remained in…

  • [New Program] They’re Negotiating with your Reputation

    [New Program] They’re Negotiating with your Reputation

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    Kris Safarova
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    People Aren’t Just Negotiating with You in the Moment. They’re Negotiating with Your Reputation. You know the moment. The meeting starts, and before you even get a chance to speak, the room takes on a life of its own. Conversations spiral. Egos clash. People talk over each other. And you? You’re sitting there, watching the…

  • Let’s build a consulting practice, together.

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    Kris Safarova
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    Let’s build a consulting practice, together. Along with several significant and ongoing updates to Coaching, Insider, Legacy & the Strategy Control Room Advanced, we have a year-long series of programs that outlines the steps to build a consulting practice/business. From the early idea to a functioning practice and lots of sales strategies, we are going to take you along…

  • Leadership is lonely.

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    Kris Safarova
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    Leadership is lonely. Yet, we rarely expect this and often cannot understand why it is. Today I want to focus on one moment in my career, which represents the roles I usually take. Most of my career was built in corporate finance and corporate strategy, but largely around turnaround, transformations, and restructurings. That’s even more lonely…

  • The lies to stop telling yourself about your career

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    Kris Safarova
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    As we step further into 2025, a lot is happening in the world. Competition is not slowing down. We live in a world of enormous change. This is good for your career because there are more opportunities. But it can also be bad for your career if you’re not the best-suited person for that opportunity. Recently,…

  • Reimagine Your Career Before It’s Too Late

    Reimagine Your Career Before It’s Too Late

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    Kris Safarova
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    Reimagine Your Career Before It’s Too Late What if your goal is completely wrong? If you achieved your goal tomorrow, would your life be significantly better? Or just… slightly more tolerable? Most people don’t have a career strategy. They have a survival plan. They work hard because that’s what they were taught. But have they…

  • The real reason you are not promoted

    The real reason you are not promoted

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    Kris Safarova
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    More of What Doesn’t Make You Happy … Will Not Make You Happy We just released five episodes of a new Insider program (18-part program)… Workbook: This program also comes with a downloadable workbook. You will see it as a downloadable document on the program page, the way you can access workbooks for Innovators vs. Summarizers, Overcome the Fear of Failure, and Non-Traditional…