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Next to Nunn Helping executives and leadership teams close the gap between what they intend to build and what the organization actually delivers.

Helping executives and leadership teams close the gap between what they intend to build and what the organization actually delivers by aligning their people, systems, and communication.

Does your team actually know what your top priorities are right now? Not what they think they are. What they actually ar...
06/16/2026

Does your team actually know what your top priorities are right now? Not what they think they are. What they actually are.

A 2023 Bain and Company survey found that only 28% of employees can accurately describe their company's strategic priorities. The rest are filling in the gaps with their best guesses.

In this week's edition of The Leadership Friction, Amy K. Nunn breaks down why alignment gaps are so easy to miss, what the data says they cost, and two moves you can make this week to fix it.

If ex*****on feels slower than it should, this one is worth your time.
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Tomorrow, 4 pm. The Thinking Room.One hour. Real conversation. Women who are building something serious and need a room ...
06/15/2026

Tomorrow, 4 pm. The Thinking Room.

One hour. Real conversation. Women who are building something serious and need a room that matches.

If something's been sitting on your plate that you haven't been able to think through clearly, this is your hour.

FREE. No pitch. Just strategy.

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06/15/2026

The Thinking Room is tomorrow at 4 pm.

Grab your spot.

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06/15/2026

The Thinking Room
Virtual Conversation for Women in Business
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Two days until The Thinking Room.If you own a business and you have been circling a decision you cannot seem to land on,...
06/14/2026

Two days until The Thinking Room.

If you own a business and you have been circling a decision you cannot seem to land on, this conversation was built for you.

Tuesday June 16 at 4:00 PM on Zoom. Complimentary. Small group on purpose.

Grab your spot before we close registration.

"We're busy."That's become the badge of honor in a lot of companies.Calendars are full. Projects are moving. Everyone's ...
06/12/2026

"We're busy."

That's become the badge of honor in a lot of companies.

Calendars are full. Projects are moving. Everyone's working hard.

Yet somehow the same priorities keep getting revisited every quarter.

The same conversations keep happening.

The same bottlenecks keep showing up.

A team can be incredibly productive and still make very little progress if people aren't clear on where they're headed.

That's the trap.

Leaders see activity and assume alignment. Employees see a growing task list and assume they're contributing to the right things. Meanwhile, everyone is running hard, just not in the same direction.

The goal isn't to get more work out of people. It's to make sure the work they're already doing is connected to something that matters.

When a team understands the destination, decisions get easier. Priorities become clearer. Momentum stops feeling forced.

A lot of leadership challenges aren't people problems.

They're clarity problems wearing a different name.

One of the most common things I hear from leaders is some version of this: "I should not have to tell them. They should ...
06/10/2026

One of the most common things I hear from leaders is some version of this: "I should not have to tell them. They should just know."

And I understand that feeling. When you have built something, when you care deeply about quality and culture, it is genuinely frustrating when the people around you do not seem to meet that standard.

But here is what I have learned sitting with leadership teams over the years: most accountability failures are not motivation problems. They are clarity problems.

Before assuming someone does not care about their work, it is worth asking whether the expectation was ever clearly communicated. Not hinted at. Not implied by the culture. Actually said, confirmed, and revisited.

Accountability is a clarity issue before it is a character issue.

That one shift changes the whole conversation. It does not let people off the hook. It makes sure you are holding them accountable to something they were actually given.

If accountability feels heavy on your team right now, start with the standard before you start with the person.

There is a decision you have been sitting on.You know the one. The one you revisit on your drive in. The one that is sti...
06/09/2026

There is a decision you have been sitting on.

You know the one. The one you revisit on your drive in. The one that is still there at the end of the day when everything gets quiet.

You are not stuck because you are not smart enough. You are stuck because you are thinking about it on your own.

On June 16 at 4:00 PM, I am hosting The Thinking Room. A live 75-minute conversation built specifically for women who own businesses.

No slides. No pitch. Just a real conversation about the decisions you have been carrying alone.
It is complimentary. Spots are limited.

What decision have you been sitting on? Drop it in the comments.

There is something powerful about being in a room with experienced women who understand the weight of leadership and bus...
06/05/2026

There is something powerful about being in a room with experienced women who understand the weight of leadership and business ownership.

This week I spent time with the women of Onyx, a mastermind made up of accomplished business owners and leaders who are building, leading, and making significant decisions every day.

What stood out wasn't just the experience in the room. It was the willingness to be honest.

Real challenges were brought to the table. Tough decisions were discussed. Questions that don't have easy answers were explored together.

That is the value of a true mastermind.

Not networking. Not surface-level conversations.

There is also something uniquely valuable about an all-female room at this level. The conversation is candid. The support is genuine. The accountability is real. And the collective wisdom in the room is hard to describe until you've experienced it.

Grateful for the women of Onyx and the opportunity to learn alongside women who continue to challenge my thinking and raise the level of every conversation.

Thanks for facilitating this important opportunity!

Have you ever felt like a leader had already made up their mind about you before the conversation started?Most leaders h...
06/02/2026

Have you ever felt like a leader had already made up their mind about you before the conversation started?

Most leaders have done the same thing to someone on their team without realizing it.

This week's edition of The Leadership Friction is about the unseen filters that shape how leaders see their people and why the most important leadership skill might be learning to question what you think you already know.

If you lead people, this one is worth five minutes of your time.

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