https://www.paultakisaki.com/insights/ Field-tested leadership writing from Paul Takisaki: former Verizon Associate Vice President, four-time President's Cabinet winner, Founder & CEO of HeritageWhisper. Articles on strategy execution, sales leadership, team turnarounds, and the reputation built in moments no one sees. en-US Copyright Paul Takisaki. Original work, attribution requested. paul@paultakisaki.com (Paul Takisaki) paul@paultakisaki.com (Paul Takisaki) Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0800 Hand-authored by Paul Takisaki https://www.paultakisaki.com/images/favicon-512.png https://www.paultakisaki.com/insights/ 512 512 https://www.paultakisaki.com/insights/two-questions.html https://www.paultakisaki.com/insights/two-questions.html Fri, 25 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0800 Paul Takisaki Leadership Delegation Team Development Two leadership questions, one from my dad and one I learned leading Verizon sales teams, that took three turnarounds to number one, including 19 consecutive months of year-over-year growth. https://www.paultakisaki.com/insights/strategy.html https://www.paultakisaki.com/insights/strategy.html Wed, 14 May 2025 08:00:00 -0800 Paul Takisaki Strategy Execution Leadership Most strategies fail in execution, not design. Field notes from twelve major Fortune 50 strategy rollouts on why vision is not action, how to engineer timing integrity, and the system that produced 19 consecutive months of YoY growth. https://www.paultakisaki.com/insights/boring.html https://www.paultakisaki.com/insights/boring.html Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:00:00 -0700 Paul Takisaki Leadership Meetings Executive Presence When you lead, you hold people's energy, attention, and belief that this matters. Waste that and you're not just boring, you're broken. A field-tested rule for cutting decks in half, killing dead-weight meetings, and leaving by five. https://www.paultakisaki.com/insights/wrong-plane.html https://www.paultakisaki.com/insights/wrong-plane.html Tue, 03 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0700 Paul Takisaki Sales Leadership Change Management Consultative Selling How I redirected a technically gifted B2B sales team that was selling the wrong way and grew the business 550% year-over-year. A leadership playbook for moving people from feature pitching to consultative selling without breaking trust. https://www.paultakisaki.com/insights/invisible-resume.html https://www.paultakisaki.com/insights/invisible-resume.html Mon, 22 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0700 Paul Takisaki Leadership Career Executive Presence Your real resume isn't on LinkedIn. It's built in the parking lots, sales floors, and quiet moments where someone notices how you show up. Fourteen offers won, twelve promotions in twenty years, and the six patterns that build reputations that outlast roles.