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How To Be Direct And Strategic
Don't confuse being direct with being unfiltered. Strategic communicators take the time to manage the when and how and prepare for how something will…
Apr 23
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The Critical Shift In What Differentiates Great Leaders
When AI "outsmarts" everyone, your leadership differentiator is your intuition and emotions. It is your ability to rally teams, diffuse conflict, and…
Apr 16
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What We Often Get Wrong About Leadership
Here's what you might be missing about next level leadership, and how you can spot the signs.
Apr 9
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Yue Zhao
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How Being A High Performer Limits Your Leadership Potential
There is a point where your thoroughness becomes your handicap. Here's how it is different and how to address it.
Mar 26
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Yue Zhao
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How To Advocate For Your Needs At Work
Speaking up is not selfish, it's supportive. We often expect to get noticed for our efforts. And when it doesn't happen, we grow resentful and…
Mar 19
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How To Handle Overly Confident And Combative Colleagues
What to do when you need something from a coworker who is overly confident, defensive, or simply hostile towards working with you.
Mar 15
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How To Succeed In Performance Reviews When AI Holds The Pen
AI is influencing your performance evaluations. It is writing summaries, development plans, and creating distributions. Here's how to manage it and get…
Mar 5
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The Magic of AI Is Reducing Coordination Costs, Not Individual Productivity
Productivity improvements are just the first step. Tue unlock and transformational change with AI comes from rethinking your data infrastructure and…
Feb 26
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Why One-Size-Fits-All Team Routines Fail At Senior Levels
I recently spoke on a Chief Product Officer panel with a former mentor and fellow CPO from Thumbtack, Phil Farhi.
Feb 6
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The Power of Stepping Back
In a world obsessed with urgency and moving forward, sometimes the best action is taking a step back.
Jan 22
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Yue Zhao
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Letting go is A Leadership Superpower
Letting go of what made us successful and fixed ideas of what is right is the secret to becoming a great executive. Here's the why and the how to do it…
Oct 31, 2025
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Yue Zhao
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How to Lead Through Systems, Not Skills
Being "the best" got us into leadership. Learning how to build effective systems and retain great people propels you into the executive levels.
Oct 16, 2025
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Yue Zhao
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