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Strong Like A Mother

During a particularly challenging arm set in a workout video last week, one of the trainers asked the other to say a word that means…

Apr 6, 2022

Strong Like A Mother

Apr 6, 2022

How to Go Further, Faster On Purpose

I landed my first corporate job at an ad agency when I was 19. My clients were alcohol and tobacco brands and a tractor trailer engine…

Mar 17, 2022

How to Go Further, Faster On Purpose

Mar 17, 2022

To Delegate is to Lead

The other day, I asked my wife if she had any Valentine’s day wishes. “More time,” she said. Is there a resource more valuable and scarce…

Feb 10, 2022

To Delegate is to Lead

Feb 10, 2022

The Power of Committing to Your Potential

One of my favorite cliche-but-its-almost-always-true is, “it’s a marathon, not a sprint.” When I think about my most significant…

Jan 27, 2022

The Power of Committing to Your Potential

Jan 27, 2022

Take the Lead by Cultivating the Currency of Leadership: Influence

January is the social media season of promotions, Big Decisions, and New-Year-New-Me Proclamations. We spiff our profiles up with…

Jan 20, 2022

Take the Lead by Cultivating the Currency of Leadership: Influence

Jan 20, 2022

Clarity is the Mother of Intention

Last week, a colleague asked me what my Word of the Year is for 2022. I read their text over and over, wondering if I could just come up…

Jan 11, 2022

Clarity is the Mother of Intention

Jan 11, 2022

The Empowering Ask for Help

How do you lead a team of people who know more about what they’re doing than you do? Does it erode your credibility as a leader if you ask…

Jan 3, 2022

The Empowering Ask for Help

Jan 3, 2022

It’s the Most [Chaotic] Time of the Year

I love/hate the holidays. I love the sparkle in my children's eyes. I love the smell of evergreen in our home. I love the twinkling lights…

Dec 21, 2021

It’s the Most [Chaotic] Time of the Year

Dec 21, 2021

Saying Yes by Saying No

When I was a kid, my feminist mom made sure that I heard the words, “you can be anything you want to be,” often. I took her at her word and…

Dec 7, 2021

Saying Yes by Saying No

Dec 7, 2021

How to say anything to anyone (or that time I thought I might be fired two weeks in)

One day, two weeks into a new job, I thought for sure I was a goner. I was working with my team and my new boss on a pitch deck. I can’t…

Nov 29, 2021

How to say anything to anyone (or that time I thought I might be fired two weeks in)

Nov 29, 2021

Brooke Skinner Ricketts

Brooke Skinner Ricketts

Executive, Mentor, Creator, Strategist, Catalyst. Exploring power, potential and creativity and how we amplify and actualize the same at work and in the world.

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