Berenice has an incredible heart and a resume that may be The Shining Example of Accomplishment. What she was missing was the support of someone on her side who could listen, validate, and respectfully push back without the stakes of professional competition.

Not too long ago, I was browsing at a local small bookshop, and I happened to overhear two women talking about how one had lost her strategic vision.

Several years ago, my work friend Heather and I were talking about a situation in which a colleague needed to have a conversation with their team about a project that wasn’t going well, and Heather dropped a buzzword that rocked my tiny little leadership world.

My clients often hear “constructive feedback” on ways to embrace sameness. We’ve been called “too much,” & not in an affectionate way.

In my change management work, I spend a lot of time talking to employees about what keeps them at their jobs and what motivates them to leave. Much like the Gallup quote above, their answer is almost unanimously leadership-related.

Have you ever wondered how the phrase "imposter syndrome" began? Understand where your feelings of self-doubt come from a little bit more.⁠

Choose you. Those two simple words have stuck with me for seven months, at the front of my mind and on the tip of my tongue.

Who are my people? What defines "my clients"?

Who do I coach? Why?

Here's the thing: you never, ever have to apologize to me for being your badass self. Ever. And I'm not sorry for that.