10 Ways Fear Undermines Your Leadership Skills and What to Do to Fight Burnout
Episode 312: What if the secret to becoming a more confident leader and fighting burnout is learning to recognize how fear is running the show? Fear doesn’t just sit in the background—it hijacks your leadership, clouds your judgment, and quietly fuels burnout. If...
Repairing Broken Trust on Your Team: A Leader’s Guide to Rebuilding Collaboration
Because “let’s just move on” is not a collaboration strategy. You can feel it even if no one’s saying it. There’s a weird tension in meetings. People stop making eye contact. Collaboration slows to a crawl. A few folks are “just swamped”—but that’s not the whole...
How to Improve Your Productivity by Mastering 1 Critical Leadership Communication Skill
Episode 311: Want to master a leadership communication skill that helps you be more productive, avoid overwhelm, without hurting relationships or your reputation? If you’re feeling overwhelmed by meetings, projects, and endless to-do lists, you’re not...
Boost Team Confidence Fast with This Wildly Successful Team Training Activity
Confidence Bursts create energy, build vital habits, and drive results Have you ever rolled out a new strategy and watched your team stare back like you suggested they wrestle alligators? You set a clear vision and explained why it matters, and instead of a chorus of...
4 Leadership Assumptions that Limit Your Team’s Productivity
Episode 310: Which leadership assumptions are quietly sabotaging your team—and what if you don’t even know you’re making them? If you’ve ever felt stuck in your role—spending too much time on the wrong problems, struggling to connect with your team, or unsure how to...
How to Lead with Their Best Interest at Heart (Even When It’s Hard)
How Do You Show Someone You Have Their Best Interest at Heart? It’s one of the most reassuring phrases you can say to someone—especially at work, “I’ve got your best interest at heart.” Said sincerely, it can be comforting, encouraging, even inspiring. Said...
Quick Decisions: How to Collaborate When You Have to Decide Fast
When urgency strikes, and you need quick decisions. Skip the swirl—not the people. You’ve got 20 minutes and you need to make a few quick decisions. There’s no time to wrangle a cross-functional roundtable or schedule a “quick” sync (you know, the kind that somehow...
Beyond Checking the Box: Show Your Team What Success Looks Like
Paint a Clear Picture of What Success Really Means So, you’ve done the work. You’ve identified the habits that matter most—the practical, tactical behaviors that, when done well, drive the results your team is here to achieve. You’ve communicated them. Maybe even...
