Leadership

For most of my life, I lived in two worlds that seemed incompatible: the structured, strategic world of corporate leadership, and the boundless, intuitive world of making things with my hands. I treated them as separate identities for a long time. Now I understand they’re the same conversation, just spoken in different languages. One teaches you…

As someone who has worked alongside senior executives and emerging leaders for more years than I care to admit, I’ve seen first hand that the most successful leaders are the ones who lead themselves first. What does that mean? It means they are self-aware, recognizing their own weaknesses and how others perceive them. They know…

When I first stepped into leadership, I treated rest like a luxury I hadn’t earned. My fear of failing, of letting people down, and of not earning my place at this more senior level kept me pushing through exhaustion, overwhelm and anxiety. I believed that if I wasn’t available and responsive 24/7, I’d be personally responsible for missed deadlines and failed…