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The MacklinConnection Learning Center is your hub for actionable insights on leadership, connection, and business culture. Our articles and blog posts explore the real-world challenges leaders face—offering stories, strategies, and questions that spark self-discovery, strengthen trust, and transform the way teams work together.

Whether you’re leading a company, a team, or yourself, you’ll find fresh perspectives and practical tools to help you create lasting cultural change.

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Why Leaders Ask AI the Wrong Questions—And Get Dangerous Answers

AI amplifies whatever you bring to it. If the framing is off, the future it helps you build will be too.

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If AI Can Think Faster, Why Are Leaders Still Afraid?

AI isn’t making leadership harder because it’s fast—it’s making it harder because it exposes what many leaders have been relying on to feel relevant.

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What Human Judgment Still Does Better Than Any Model

AI can generate answers faster than any human ever could—but it still can’t decide what matters. This piece explores why human judgment remains the irreplaceable center of leadership in an AI-shaped world.

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The Real Risk of AI Isn’t Leadership Replacement—It’s Abdication

AI isn’t taking leadership away from us—we’re quietly handing it over. This piece explores the subtle moment when using AI turns into stepping aside.

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Quiet Resistance to AI Is a Signal—Not a Problem

When teams go quiet about AI, it’s rarely apathy—it’s information leaders don’t yet know how to hear.

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“Don’t Worry, It Won’t Affect Your Job”— And Other See-Through Leadership Fictions About AI

“Don’t worry—it won’t affect your job” may be the most damaging thing a leader can say about AI right now.

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What AI Is Quietly Teaching Us About Trust at Work

AI sends signals about trust long before it changes productivity.

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Keeping Leadership Alive in 2026

An invitation from Ron Macklin. This is not a program overview. It’s a personal invitation into a year-long learning community for experienced leaders.

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Why Hasn’t AI Fixed Leadership?

AI keeps getting better at thinking for us, yet leadership still demands something no algorithm can deliver. Here’s why leadership work hasn’t changed—and never will.

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Before You Ask AI, Ask Yourself This One Question

Before you ask AI for an answer, pause. The most important leadership question comes before the prompt—and it has nothing to do with technology.

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When Your Leadership Experience Becomes Your Ceiling

What if the very things that once made you successful are now quietly limiting your growth?

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Why AI Doesn’t Replace Leaders — But It Will Replace the Way You Lead

AI won’t take your job—but it will take every part of your leadership that relies on being the smartest person in the room. The leaders who thrive now are the ones who shift from having answers to creating shared clarity.

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How Leadership and Culture Are Driving Away Early-Career Talent

Today’s job market feels broken to young talent, and the way leaders communicate and lead is at the center of it. Discover how culture, clarity, and leadership practices determine whether the next generation chooses your company.

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How to Stay Relevant in the Age of AI: A Guide for Modern Leaders

Learn the leadership behaviors that keep you valuable in an AI-accelerated world. Discover how modern leaders adapt, learn faster, and stay relevant.

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Beyond Profit: The Leadership Mindset That Builds Real Enterprise Value

Most leaders chase profit. The ones who outperform everyone else focus on something far more surprising.

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The 3 Behaviors That Are Killing Your Growth

If you’ve ever sat at a table and felt the thing no one would say — this is for you.

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The Silent Force That Is Killing Your Profitability — and What to Do About It

Your business isn’t being held back by strategy, talent, or capacity — it’s something far more subtle, and far more human. Once you can see it, you can change everything.

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When a Leader’s Shield Becomes Their Prison

Why vulnerability isn’t weakness—it’s the doorway to trust, connection, and transformation.

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Is Your Leadership Fueling Toxic Business Culture? (Five Warning Signs)

Toxic culture doesn’t start with bad people — it starts with blind spots in leadership. Discover the five subtle habits that quietly destroy trust, collaboration, and company culture—and how great leaders turn them around.

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The Power of “I Believe in You.”

True leadership isn’t about control — it’s about belief. Learn why great leaders build trust by seeing potential before it’s proven.

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Is Gen Z Really the Problem…or Is It Your Leadership?

Every generation challenges the one before it—but what if Gen Z isn’t the problem at all? This piece flips the story, asking leaders to look in the mirror and explore how their habits, not the next generation, might be holding their company back.

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Are You Leading by Learning—or Falling Behind?

Are you running your own leadership experiments? Discover why experimenting, failing, and trying again may be the most powerful way to grow as a leader.

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Leadership Radar: Reading the World Before Change Hits You

What shifts are happening in your market right now that you can’t afford to miss?

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The Top 3 Reasons Your Business Won’t Sell (and How to Fix Them)

Most businesses that go on the market never sell—often for reasons owners don’t see coming. Discover the top three deal-killers and how to protect your company’s value long before you think about exiting.

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Five Leadership Conversations That Shift Business Culture

Forget the slogans and initiatives—these five everyday business conversations are what actually shift culture and performance.

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Five Signs Your Business Is on Life Support. The Cost? Your Life.

Is your business quietly on life support? Here are five warning signs to watch for—and how to bring your company back to health.

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Are You Caught in the Leadership Drift?

As the fourth quarter approaches, many leaders slip into the leadership drift — carried by urgency instead of steering with intention. Are you caught in it?

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Leadership Fatigue Is Real — Here’s How to Navigate It

Leadership fatigue can quietly erode your impact. Find out if it’s happening to you.

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