Reluctant to self-promote

The most senior person in a room is often the one who has said the least, and it is rarely because they have nothing to add. They have learned that speaking early costs them the chance to hear everything first. We work with a lot of people like this. They are thoughtful, they are respected […]

Sharing what you think can feel like adding a whisper to a roar, and the hesitation usually arrives in a specific form: somebody has already said this, and they said it to a larger audience than mine. The observation is almost always correct. Very few ideas in business are new, the good ones have been […]

It comes up in nearly every first conversation, usually in the same words. We start talking about visibility and someone says, with a slight apology in their voice, that it is not really in their nature to brag, and that the firm values humility. The objection is always sincere and it is usually held by […]