The Hidden Cost of Unexamined Leadership Some of the hardest leaders to reach are not the reckless ones. They are thoughtful, capable leaders who have begun to mistake past growth for completed formation. They believe they’re good leaders.They believe they have a strong team culture.And they believe they don’t need…
If you’re a director — or a director-in-waiting — you already know the truth: the higher you rise, the fewer places you can be fully honest.
Leadership Is Always a LifeorDeath Decision When I was growing as a leader, I often heard a familiar refrain: “It’s not life or death.” It was meant to steady the room, to signal that the stakes weren’t as high as they felt. But over time, I learned a truth we…
Leadership in the Liminal Space: Designing the “In-Between” When strategy shifts, org charts change, or culture strains under growth, leaders often assume they need more answers. More often, they need better design—identity, clarity, and the visible moves that shape how work happens. The liminal space isn’t a problem—it’s a threshold…
Your Map and Your Oasis: How Vision and Culture Turn Survival into Sustainable Leadership Surviving the leadership desert is an accomplishment. But thriving there? That requires vision and culture. Your Map: A Vision People Want to FollowVision answers two questions every team is quietly asking: Where are we going? Why…
Your Compass and Your Water: How Self-Knowledge and Trust Sustain Women Leaders No one crosses a desert by accident, and no one survives it without the right tools. In leadership, two of the most essential survival resources are self-knowledge and trust. Without them, even the most talented leaders lose direction…
Leadership today feels exhausting and unclear. Discover why women leaders feel stuck in the “leadership desert” and how to begin finding your way forward.
In leadership, few traits are as misunderstood as confidence. We celebrate it, coach toward it, and expect it from those we follow. Leadership development programs encourage participants to project confidence, yet few define it. Leaders who believe they are projecting confidence may be perceived as arrogant. The line between the…
My first leadership role was an abject failure. I had no idea what to do. My only development came from personal experience as an employee. I treated my first team member as I perceived current and previous leaders had treated me. Starting on her first day, I made mistakes from…
Over the past six weeks, I have experienced much change. My consulting contract ended, resulting in a job layoff. Our family decided that my mother could no longer live alone. I decided to become a leadership development entrepreneur. As I drove 189 miles to help pack my mother’s home of…