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“Advice gives you answers. Coaching gives you access—to your own brilliance.” — JD Meier You’ve probably heard an exec coach say they don’t give advice. They say that’s not coaching. Let’s unpack it. “I don’t give advice. I help you surface your own best answers, and when needed, I’ll bring insights to accelerate your thinking.” …
“The inner game drives the outer game.” — JD Meier Some lessons shape how you think.These shaped how I operate. These aren’t just philosophies. They were my lifelines at Microsoft for more than two decades. They’ve helped me lead through chaos, create from clarity, and endure when things got heavy. I call them inner ideas …
“You don’t get what you want. You get what you are.” — Dr. Benjamin Hardy In the series Arrow, based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, Oliver Queen delivers a chilling line:“To save my city, I had to become someone else. I had to become something else.” It’s a line about identity, sacrifice, and …
A hard-earned lesson in shifting from waterfall to true agility at Microsoft. Intro by JD Meier Over the years, I’ve helped a lot of leaders and teams make the leap into Agile — and I’ve seen one thing over and over again: it’s not just a process change. It’s a mindset transformation. And for many, …
“The Past is Heavy. The Future is Fertile.” — JD Meier Early at Microsoft I read Bill Gate’s book, The Road Ahead. It was Bill’s take on how the world would change and what the changes would mean and the opportunities it would create. It was really focused on the big changes and a big …
