Modern leadership requires boundaries, humanity, and systems – not burnout.
Leadership essays drawn from lived experience and systems thinking.
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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 it does mean setting the tone for an accepting, positive culture in your organization. In a previous role, where I traveled to an office every day, I made sure my team and peers knew that I kept a 4:30 pm hard stop each day to…