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Self Awareness
Culinary Leadership

Your Leadership, Made Visible

Most kitchen leaders never see their blind spots until it's too late. This free assessment reveals exactly what's holding back your leadership growth.

Steve Weiss, ACC3 min read
May 29
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Featured
Risk Taking
Career Growth

Don't Hug the Job

Your career safety net might actually be strangling your growth. Here's why "job hugging" kills more careers than risk-taking ever will.

Steve Weiss, ACC3 min read
May 29
The Leader Who Stopped Being the Smartest Person in the Room
Featured
Team Dynamics
Decision Making

The Leader Who Stopped Being the Smartest Person in the Room

Your leadership instincts are sabotaging your team's success. The CEO who turned Popeyes around reveals why being the smartest person costs millions.

Steve Weiss, ACC3 min read
May 1
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Featured
Team Management
Culinary Industry

What the Culinary Leadership Assessment Measures — And Why It Matters

Most leadership assessments measure the wrong thing entirely — they test who you are, not what actually matters when your team is falling apart.

Steve Weiss, ACC3 min read
Apr 14
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Featured
Persistence
Goal Setting

One Small Step

When NASA's most powerful rocket sat broken in the hangar for months, the team faced a choice that every leader knows: rush the dream or respect the process.

Steve Weiss, ACC3 min read
Mar 30
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Featured
Resilience
Mindfulness

Skiing Backwards? An Olympian Earns a Silver in Moguls and a Gold in EQ

What Olympic crashes teach executives about the difference between grit and resilience – and why your reflexive brain might be sabotaging your leadership.

Steve Weiss, ACC3 min read
Feb 27
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Featured
Team Management
Leadership Style

What Teams Actually Want From Leaders (It's Not Motivation)

A line cook at 5:47 PM reveals more about leadership than most MBA programs: teams don't need pep talks, they need something else entirely.

Steve Weiss, ACC3 min read
Jan 9
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Featured
Mindfulness
Decision Making

The Resolution No One Wants to Make

The fastest leaders often make the worst decisions. In 2026, make the resolution no one wants: slow down. Learn why pausing before responding, protecting thinking time, and being truly present transforms reactive survival into intentional leadership.

Steve Weiss, ACC3 min read
Dec 30
Transforming Lives Through Leadership: A Beacon of Hope
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Transforming Lives Through Leadership: A Beacon of Hope

Leadership training programs provide more than skill development for marginalized individuals - they offer direction, hope, and essential tools for successful reintegration into society and community life.

Steve Weiss3 min read
Nov 16
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