The career advice no one taught you in business school


Hi Reader,

You have more data than you think.

Not the kind of data that lives in a spreadsheet. You have the data that comes from every conversation, every pattern, every moment of experience you've accumulated over your career. This is what I call invisible data.

Your intuition has been trained on it and your intuition processes all of it quietly, constantly, without you having to do anything.

Most leaders I work with already know this on some level. They trust their gut. They make fast calls in high-stakes situations. They read a room before anyone else does. They've just never had a name for what they're doing — or a framework for doing it more deliberately.

That's what the HIT Framework is for.

Hear: Notice when your intuition is speaking. It won't yell. It whispers. Your job is to turn down the noise or turn up the signal. Sometimes that's a walk. Sometimes it's a coin flip — heads yes, tails no, and noticing what you hope for before you look.

Interpret: Understand what your intuition is actually telling you. A feeling in the pit of your stomach and a sudden rush of energy are both outputs of your intuition. They mean different things. Slowing down long enough to ask “what is this actually telling me?” is what separates an instinctive reaction from an informed decision.

Trust: Know that your intuition is reliable and credible enough to act on. This is where most leaders get stuck. Not because their intuition is wrong, but rather because they've spent years being trained to distrust it.

I went deeper on all of this recently in my latest collaboration with M.M.LaFleur.

I discuss the career advice no one taught you in business school in their Substack newsletter — The M Dash. In this interview I share the origin story of Intuition Strategy®, navigating career crossroads, and how I guide leaders to use their Actionable Intuition to make confident decisions.

If you've been curious about Intuition Strategy®, this is a great place to start.

Read the full interview here: https://mmlafleur.substack.com/p/the-career-advice-no-one-taught-you

I also had the opportunity to take over the M.M.LaFleur LinkedIn account over three weeks to go deeper with leaders through posts on the Career Crossroads Framework, the HIT Framework, and understanding urgency. I’d love to know what you think when you join the conversation in the comments.

Which step of HIT are you working on right now? Hit reply — I'd love to hear.

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I help leaders trust their gut to make decisions and get results. I share practical tips, helpful frameworks, and actionable strategies to help you lead with confidence, especially when there’s no playbook.

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