"He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened." — Lao Tzu You've spent your career mastering the external game. Reading the room. Navigating politics. Understanding what motivates your team, what your executive leadership values, what your clients need before they ask for it. You're good at it. Exceptionally good. You know others . What do you know about yourself? Not your resume or your track record. Not the version of yourself you present in meetings. I

Ready for a challenge? Fair warning: it's uncomfortable. "If the people you work with most closely were asked to describe what it's like to be in your orbit; not your strategic capability, not your results, but the actual experience of working with you, what would they say?" Not what you hope they'd say. Not what you think they should say. What they would actually say. Leadership Beyond the Org Chart We all understand, leadership development matters. Most organizations inves

A Strategic Reset for Making 2026 Your Most Transformative Year Yet Most years do not fail because of a lack of effort, they fail because of a lack of clarity. Ambitious, capable leaders often enter a new year with momentum, ideas, and good intentions, yet without a clear definition of what they are actually building. When clarity is missing, even the most disciplined execution fragments, energy disperses, focus erodes, and results lag. Before you create a plan for 2026, you

Our thoughts control everything. Not our circumstances. Not our resources. Not our title or our team or the market conditions. Our thoughts. We cannot create a different outcome while thinking the same thoughts that produced our current reality. Our thoughts create our feelings.Our feelings reinforce our beliefs.Our beliefs dictate our actions.Our actions form our habits.Our habits determine our outcomes. If we want different results, we don't need a new strategy. We need new

Don't allow another year to come and go without becoming who you really desire to become. Not the safer version. Not the one everyone expects. Not the woman who waits for permission, validation, or the perfect conditions. The one you see when you close your eyes and imagine what's possible. December Doesn't Mean Winding Down Most leaders treat December as denouement; a gentle fade into holiday mode, a collective exhale before the machine starts again in January. But what if D

We need more leaders. Not more people who execute well. Not more high performers who hit their numbers. More people who can hold strategic weight, make difficult calls, and build the next generation. And if we're not actively developing leaders at our level, we're missing the most important part of the work. But let's be honest about why this doesn't happen. The Pattern I've watched mentorship and leadership development die at a certain level more times than I can count. It's

In a world of social media and constant comparison, running your own race can feel impossible. Everyone's highlight reel is on display. The promotions. The wins. The milestones that make you wonder if you're behind, off-track, or missing something everyone else seems to have figured out. But here's what I believe: running your own race is the only path to true alignment, growth, and happiness. Not the filtered version of success you see scrolling through your feed. The real

I say it all the time. "There's no lack of resources, only a lack of resourcefulness." I believe it. I've lived it. I've watched leaders transform impossible situations into breakthrough moments by getting creative, leveraging what they had, and refusing to accept "we can't" as an answer. And yet. There are days when I question my own theory. Days when I'm staring at a challenge in my own businesses; revenue that's not moving fast enough, a strategy that's not landing, an off

We all have defaults; the patterns we fall into when we're under pressure or not paying attention. Some defaults cost us credibility. Others build the kind of authority that makes leadership feel effortless. The difference isn't always obvious to us in the moment. But our teams see it clearly. Here's what separates leadership that erodes trust from leadership that compounds authority: Micromanaging vs. Building and Empowering The default: Staying close to every decision becau

Some seasons require intensity. A product launch. A market expansion. A board presentation that repositions your division. You lean in, you focus, you sacrifice leisure for a defined period...because you're building  something. That's strategic push. And it's part of exceptional leadership. But if your fourth quarter feels like chaos; if you're scrambling to close gaps, manage crises you should have seen coming, or working entire weekends because priorities were never clarifi