Modern leadership requires boundaries, humanity, and systems – not burnout.
Leadership essays drawn from lived experience and systems thinking.
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Slow is Smooth, and Smooth is Fast
The first time I heard the phrase “slow is smooth, and smooth is fast,” it wasn’t in a manufacturing plant or a conference room. It was from my husband, who is a volunteer firefighter. His fire company uses the phrase when training drivers of emergency vehicles, a reminder that moving deliberately and maintaining control matters
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Stop Trying to be Good at Everything
At some point in our career, we’ve all been asked “what are your weaknesses?”. If you’ve practiced your answer, you’ve probably been trained to follow up with a summary of how you intend to address each and every one of those weaknesses. For high achievers, this can create the ultimate career rabbit hole — a
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On Leaving Loudly
One of the ways leaders can demonstrate that work/life/family balance is valued and encouraged in the workplace is the practice of “leaving loudly”. By leaving loudly, or otherwise communicating our work-life boundaries, leaders signal that having family commitments outside of work is encouraged, accepted, and welcomed. Leaving loudly doesn’t mean always leaving work early, but