Suzanna C. De Baca

This is the fifth in a series on AI and leadership. I was recently speaking with a friend in executive recruiting who told me how many companies are increasingly using AI in their internal hiring processes. AI does more than sort resumes or identify qualified applicants. It can rank candidates, assess fit, flag strengths and…

This is the fifth in a series on AI and leadership.  I was recently speaking with a friend in executive recruiting who told me how many companies are increasingly using AI in their internal hiring processes. AI does more than sort resumes or identify qualified applicants. It can rank candidates, assess fit, flag strengths and…

On Leadership: Before AI goes wrong: What leaders should be asking

On Leadership: From Aristotle to AI, the questions aren’t as new as we think

This is the second in a series on AI and leadership.  I recently spoke with a young friend a few years into his first post-college job. He likes the company and has already been promoted into management, supervising others. But he was surprised by one aspect of his new role. His workload has increased because…

On Leadership: One mile at a time

One of my earliest leadership experiences was entirely accidental. I was probably 10 years old when my mother asked me to look after my younger brother’s Cub Scout troop for an afternoon. She was busy, and for reasons that now seem questionable, decided I was qualified to supervise a small gang of second-grade boys. I…

There is a moment many leaders know well, though few admit it out loud. Years ago, I sat in a meeting at an organization where someone looked directly at me and said, “What do you think?” On the surface, it sounded like an invitation. But I hesitated. I knew the culture well enough to understand…

There are moments that quietly define a generation of leaders. For many of us, that moment came in the early days of the pandemic. The sleepless nights. The constant recalibration. The mask-wearing days of COVID, when there was no roadmap and no clear sense of how long any of it would last. Just decision after…

I recently caught up with an old friend who spent years as a therapist, and before long we were deep in a conversation about resilience. She shared something that immediately caught my attention. Some of her clients had lived through profound trauma and still found ways to move forward and grow, which sometimes surprised even…