Author Archives: Curtis Brown

The honest answer may be the most important leadership lesson of our era. By Curtis C. Brown, Jr. Founder and CEO, Tier1 Level Consulting  |  4Cast IQ Every leader I have coached over the past four decades has carried bias into the room. That is not an indictment. It is a human condition. The question that now […]

How Artificial Intelligence is reshaping careers, leadership and competitive advantage by Curtis C. Brown, Jr. CEO, Tier 1 Level Consulting AILaborShiftTier1 Whitepaper (you can download the PDF version by clicking on the above link here) Executive Summary I’ve spent more than four decades in financial services. In that time, I’ve watched technology reshape the industry in ways[…]

By Curtis Brown, CEO Tier 1 Level Consulting Most executives don’t fail because they lack talent—they fail because they misidentify it. In leadership, talent is not what you can do. It’s what you do consistently well, under pressure, and in a way that creates disproportionate value. Early in my career, I observed a senior leader who struggled[…]