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Author: Gideon Culman

  • In the Land of Invented Languages — Interview

    Washington, DC executive coach Gideon Culman interviews linguist Arika Okrent about the evolution of invented languages.

  • Political Organization as an Art Form — Interview

    Washington, DC executive coach Gideon Culman interviews Bayer Strategic Consulting founder and president Mark Bayer about how you can organize to advance your political agenda.

  • Coming Alive with Ladino — Interview

    Washington, DC executive coach Gideon Culman interviews singer Sarah Aroeste about how her career came alive when she discovered the old Sephardic language of Ladino.

  • Claiming Your Singing Voice as Your Birthright — Interview

    Washington, DC executive coach Gideon Culman interviews voice teacher Celesta Kirk about owning your singing voice.

  • Harnessing Social Media to Alter Reality

    You know what would make life easier? If we all had magic wands and could will into existence anything we ever wanted. We’d sit around, wave our magic wands, and fulfill our wildest dreams every day from sunrise till sunset. Except that’s not how humans work. A brunch conversation Amanda Hirsch and I led for the…

  • Keeping Your Self-Sabotage at Arm’s Length

    Several dozen people joined me today at 40Plus of Greater Washington for a workshop called “Keeping Your Self-Sabotage at Arm’s Length.” 40Plus is a super organization that equips people who are over 40 and looking for work with the skills they need to find their next job. The workshop participants each had decades of experience in their respective…

  • The Vision Thing

    “Oh, the vision thing.” — George H.W. Bush Leaders lead. What sets the boldest leaders apart is a keen sense of who they are and where they’re going. Their ability to paint the future in lucid brushstrokes, doggedly pursue their vision, and navigate past pitfalls that life reliably throws their way is what fills us…

  • The Unique Gift that Won’t Stop

    The weight of the word ‘legacy’ makes us shudder, if it resonates at all. In the gleaming pantheon of Those Who Have Legacies, Mother Teresa and Mahatma Gandhi frolic amid cumulus clouds, righting injustice and alleviating pain. Martin Luther King, Jr. raises his voice and bends the arc of history into shape. Nobody farts. Meanwhile,…

  • The Toxic Troika

    Welcome to my new blog! In my career as a coach, I’ve discovered a toxic troika of ideas that have staying power and your worst interests at heart: 1. You can’t balance your current life — including the job you have, the family obligations you shoulder, the extracurriculars you dabble in — with the full…