Managing the People Who Used to Be Your Peers
I worked with a leader I’ll call Maya. She’d wanted the promotion for two years. She earned it. New title. New scope. New respect from leadership. And one problem nobody warned her about. She was now managing three people who used to be her closest work...
Your First Team Isn’t Your Department: The Leadership Principle Most Managers Miss
Every executive leader I know is deeply committed to doing great work, but your first team isn’t your department. These leaders care about their people. They care about results and about delivering for the organization. Which is why one of the biggest barriers...
Courageous Conversations and Relational Trust
Trust Is Built in the Hard Moments Avoided conversations rarely disappear. They simply show up later as tension, misalignment, or disengagement. Most leaders I work with don’t avoid difficult conversations because they lack clarity. In fact, they often know exactly...
10 Leadership Lessons I’ve Learned From Working Alongside Leaders This Year
A year of “Oh wow,” “Ah-ha,” and “You can’t make this stuff up.” If there’s one thing I can say about working with leaders over the past year, it’s this: We are all human, beautifully imperfect, wildly capable… and occasionally exhausted. Between executive coaching...