by Marc Corsini | May 12, 2026
Last year I wrote about lessons I learned while hiking the Camino in Spain. Since then, I’ve added a few more stamps to the passport—and more importantly, a few more layers of perspective on life. What...
by Marc Corsini | Apr 21, 2026
Real success—all-encompassing success—never comes easily. But what if I told you there was a secret to achieving it? I learned about it firsthand from one of the most successful executives I’ve ever coached—a person who, by every measure, had...
by Marc Corsini | Apr 8, 2026
Marc Emmer, a respected voice on strategy and strategic planning, spoke to our Vistage group recently. During his session, Marc reminded the group of a very public—and very instructive—leadership misstep: Wendy’s 2024 “dynamic pricing” debacle. ...
by Marc Corsini | Mar 10, 2026
A client recently emailed me with an update on his business—nothing unusual there. What struck me wasn’t the details of the project he was negotiating (he had that fully under control), but one line buried in the middle of the message: “Other than one client, this is...
by Marc Corsini | Feb 24, 2026
I was recently in a conversation with an executive who found himself in a difficult negotiation with one of his top clients. The project they were working on had been delayed, and the client was pushing for penalties associated with the timeline. The facts were clear,...
by Marc Corsini | Feb 10, 2026
Years ago, I was coaching a senior executive who was struggling to gain buy-in for a major cultural shift in his organization. He believed in the vision, but his team remained skeptical. During one of our sessions, I asked him, “What would it look like...
by Marc Corsini | Jan 27, 2026
A while back, I met with a CEO who found himself stuck between two tough people-related decisions—both of which had been weighing on him for months. The first involved a key executive who had once been instrumental to the company’s early...
by Marc Corsini | Jan 14, 2026
As we step into 2026, one thing is clear: Uncertainty isn’t going away. If the past few years have taught us anything, it’s that disruption is the new normal. Economic shifts, technological leaps, and evolving workforce expectations mean that...
by Marc Corsini | Dec 16, 2025
In today’s fast-paced professional world, productivity is often mistaken for busyness. But as Cal Newport reminds us in Slow Productivity, true accomplishment comes not from doing more, but from doing less, better, and slower. What Does Overhead...
by Marc Corsini | Dec 2, 2025
A few years ago, I sat in on a quarterly review with a high-performing executive team. The CEO, brilliant and driven, opened the meeting by dissecting every missed target and operational gap. For 30 minutes, the tone was critical—laser-focused on what went...
