Why Are You Disturbable?
I called my mentor for advice about someone that was frustrating me this weekend. She said, “The question isn’t why are you disturbed. The question is why you are disturbable.” Most of us spend a lot of time explaining our disturbances. We explain why that comment bothered us, why that feedback felt unfair, or why that decision upset the team. We analyze the disturbance, unpack it, narrate it, and justify […]
The AI Anxiety Gap
If you haven’t read this yet, you need to. https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic? It is a viral report by Citrini Research that lays out a scenario (not a prediction) of what happens to the economy and industries globally in the next two years thanks to AI. It blew my mind and was the catalyst for the market dip […]
AI Is Everywhere. Adoption Is Not.
This year’s Super Bowl made one thing clear. Artificial intelligence has fully entered the mainstream conversation. The sheer volume of AI commercials was impossible to miss, and people began commenting on it early in the game. Somehow the huge story of the half-time show seemed to be eclipsed by the sheer number of AI commercials that dominated the game. That […]
Are You a Working Person or a Person Working?
“What do you do?” It is uniquely American to ask someone that question as an icebreaker. In moments when I’m feeling shy, I feel it’s the only question my brain conjures to fill the awkward silence. But what does it say about us as a culture that the first thing we want to know of each other is our work? Our […]
How I Surrendered
Writing Surrender to Lead was the most uncomfortable “practice what you preach” experience of my career. First of all, writing doesn’t come naturally to me. Second of all, being vulnerable doesn’t either. At one point we were going to use a ghostwriter, because outsourcing can look like the grown-up answer when the calendar is packed […]
4 Leadership Lessons to Get You Through Q1
I’ve said my New Year’s resolution is to answer a bigger call, and I meant it. The problem is that Q1 doesn’t politely make space for transformation. It shows up with pressure, deadlines, and an endless list of reasons to default to old habits. So if I’m serious about answering a bigger call this year, I can’t rely on motivation. I need lessons […]
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Choosing to be a World Champion at Life
Yesterday we hosted our first ever Surrender to Lead Summit, and what struck me most was how quickly the conversation moved past aspiration and into responsibility. My highlight take away was about judgment, specifically the kind required when pressure is high, visibility is real, and the consequences of poor decisions do not show up all at once. That theme came into […]
My New Year’s Resolution Is to Answer a Bigger Call
Last year, my New Year’s resolution was simple. I wanted to raise the stakes. I wanted to stretch myself, take bigger risks, and stop playing at the edges of my own potential. I wanted to feel like I was making the most of the time I have and the work I am doing. And I […]
2026 Is the Year of Playing Offense
As organizations look toward 2026, many leaders are asking what it will take to play offense in an increasingly uneven environment. The answer shows up less in new strategies or harder pushes and more in the belief systems shaping daily behavior. Teams that sustain momentum are led by people willing to examine and release fear-based assumptions that […]
Drive Results – With or Without Committees
My newsletter on culture committees back in November stirred up more reaction and a healthy discussion than anything I have written in months. People spoke up from every corner of the organization chart. Some agreed that culture committees had reached their limit. Others argued that committees had changed their company for the better. The discussion itself said something important. Culture work is […]
SHRM Is Forcing a Reckoning in HR
Last week Business Insider ran a hit piece on SHRM, and they got it all wrong. The reaction to SHRM says more about the state of HR than anything SHRM actually did. People are outraged, stunned, and disappointed, and that response exposes tension that has been building for years. SHRM is changing the way it operates, and a lot of […]