Before you blame Gen Z, burnout, or remote work—take a hard look at your culture.
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Slow Productivity and the Return to Human-Scale Leadership
Why doing less—but doing it with weight—is the only way forward
Most leaders aren’t burned out from hard work—they’re eroded by fragmented work. This essay builds on Cal Newport’s Slow Productivity to explore a better way.
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The Trust Gap in Hybrid Teams: Why Remote Work Isn’t the Problem
Remote work isn’t what’s breaking your team—unclear leadership is. This in-depth article explores how the erosion of trust in hybrid teams leads to misalignment, disengagement, and lost momentum—and how to fix it.
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The Cost of Cultural Neglect: How Overlooking Culture Training Undermines Business Abroad (And at Home)
Companies lose millions on failed overseas assignments—and often never realize why. This article explores how neglecting cultural training undermines global expansion and quietly erodes teams at home.
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The Deep Work Blueprint: How Leaders Can Protect Focus in a Distracted World
Deep work isn’t a luxury for leaders—it’s a competitive edge. In this research-backed guide, learn how to build focus, protect attention, and lead your team with clarity in a world designed to distract you.
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Why Psychological Safety Is the Secret Weapon of High-Performance Teams
And why most leaders unknowingly destroy it.
Discover why psychological safety is the top predictor of team performance—and how to build it without losing standards, speed, or trust.
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Your Workplace Is Designed to Distract
How Modern Offices Sabotage Deep Work and Productivity
Modern offices are optimized for availability—not focus. Learn how distraction culture, meetings, and digital noise sabotage deep work and drain your team’s productivity.
Despite all the language about “focus,” “strategy,” and “performance,” most office environments today—both physical and digital—are optimized for availability, not effectiveness. Whether you’re surrounded by the noise of an open office or buried under Slack messages, calendar pings, and meetings about meetings, the result is the same: distraction has become the default. Deep work has become a luxury.
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The Influence Journal | Leadership, Trust, and the Psychology of Culture 