When your identity is tied to having the answer, silence feels unsafe. Growth starts when you let others think instead of filling the board.
The second week of January tests whether your calendar reflects the leader you intend to be, not just the goals you wrote on January 1 this year.
Leadership isn’t about having the right answers. It’s about the questions that bring you back to clarity and help others feel safe stepping into the work.
Before refining plans or pushing teams, strong leaders pause to orient. Not everything needs action yet, but everything benefits from being noticed.
If everything is being measured but little is changing, the problem isn’t your metrics. It’s the clarity around what happens next.
When teams only feel valued at the finish line, organizations lose the progress, momentum, and identity that create sustained performance.
Why information alone didn’t change my life, and why the real work is acting on what I already know.
Leadership demands motion most of the year. Today offers a reminder that stepping back to rest is part of the work, not time away from it.
What matters most in recognition isn’t the gift itself but the intention behind it and the leaders who make appreciation personal, not performative.
Sometimes the moment feels bigger than it is. Zooming out helps us see the full climb, the progress we forget, and the person we’ve become along the way.
