Category: You
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Are Your People Aligned, or Have They Just Stopped Telling You the Truth?
There is a version of a well-run meeting that should make any leader pause. Everyone is present. The agenda moves at pace. Decisions get made without too much friction. People nod, confirm they are on board, and the meeting closes…
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Do You Dump and Run?
You have probably seen it. Someone posts a considered piece of content on Social Media, something that invites a response, sparks a reaction, or asks a question worth answering. People engage. Comments appear. Thoughtful replies arrive underneath the post. And…
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The Hidden Cost of Consensus
There is a particular kind of team meeting that ends with everyone in agreement and a clear sense of forward momentum. The decision has been made, the path is set, and the room feels unified. It is satisfying. It feels…
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Friction Isn’t the Problem. How You Read It Is.
Teams are not fixed things. You already know this, even if the org chart suggests otherwise. People move on, priorities shift mid-quarter, projects evolve in directions nobody fully anticipated at the start. The composition of your team changes, formally and…
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Clarity Doesn’t Arrive. You Build It.
There is a version of clarity that feels just out of reach. You are waiting for the strategy to settle, for leadership to align, for the priorities to stop competing with each other long enough to see a clear path…
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The Small Acts That Shape Everything
Leadership conversations about culture tend to gravitate toward the big moves. The restructures, the offsites, the new frameworks, the carefully worded values statements pinned to the wall. These things have their place. But if you want to understand why one…
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Women Thrive Media Podcast
I was called weird in an executive meeting once. It could have shut me down. Instead, it made me pause and really consider the word.Weird, at its root, means one’s destiny. That moment didn’t diminish me. It clarified something I…
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Contradiction is Evolution: Leadership Lessons from Weird Wisdom®
The person who speaks up and sees things differently is often the most valuable in the room. Weird Wisdom® and courage turn respectful contradiction into progress. Do you have the courage to contradict? The most valuable person in the room…
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Weird Wisdom® at Work: Supporting Different Perspectives Without Copying You
Weird Wisdom® is not just yours. Support others in discovering and using their unique thinking. Guidance is about encouragement, not copying you. Weird Wisdom® is not just about you. If you have it, you must accept that others have it…
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Why Brilliant Ideas Die in Meetings
Smiling and nodding in meetings? That’s how terrible ideas survive, and brilliant ones die. Stop rubber-stamping mediocrity. Ask the questions no one else is asking and unlock the hidden thinking your team is missing. Watch the video here
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