What Are We Asking People to Be Resilient To?
I dropped my daughter off at college recently. If you have ever done this, you know move-in day is a lot. There are boxes to unpack. People to meet. Names…
Thoughts.
Insights.
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The Cost of Being Certain
I’ve been sitting with a question lately. When did we become so uncomfortable with not knowing? At some point, many of us learned that having the answer makes us…
Bridging When You’re Done: Leadership in the Messy Middle
Across workplaces, from interns to C-suites, I’m hearing the same exhaustion with bridging divides across race, gender, sexuality, and politics. Many feel tapped out, unsure what to say next without…
Why Even Strong Leaders Are Withdrawing—And What Comes Next
Merete Wedell-Wedellsborg nails it with “psychological withdrawal” that erosion of agency I’ve seen everywhere in my coaching. Polycrisis makes it hit even harder. Polycrisis describes how multiple, overlapping crises- climate…
The Power of the Pause: Leading in an Overcapacity World
Recently, I spoke with a room full of CEOs, hosted by HealthCare Access Maryland, about the “Power of the Pause” in overcapacity systems. The conversation confirmed something I see across…
How Leaders Are Reducing Workplace Tension Without Abandoning Their Values
In almost every conversation I have with leaders right now, I hear some version of this: “I’m tired of the DEI fight. But I still want my team to feel…
Leading When Everyone Is Over Capacity (Including You)
By the second week of the year, many leaders realize the pace hasn’t reset; it’s just resumed. Most leaders I work with are running organizations that are permanently “on.” Calendars…
What Marjorie Taylor Greene Revealed About Our Capacity to Change
I’ve spent a year refusing to let polarization be the whole story. And strangely enough, Marjorie Taylor Greene became the example that clarified why. She’s not someone I ever expected…
When the Work Speaks Louder Than the Words
A mentor once said to me, “We have to commit more to the work than the words.” That phrase stuck with me. In equity and leadership conversations, we often get…
Small talk isn’t small at all.
In the latest episode of Unpacked Culture Chronicles, I had the joy of sitting down with my longtime colleague and friend, Mariam “Mo” Abdullah, a professional energizer of people, teams,…