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When a Toxic Workplace Becomes Your Turning Point: Choosing to Grow
When you're working in a toxic or dysfunctional environment, it can feel like you're stuck between two painful options: leave… or stay and endure. But what if there’s a third option? One that puts your well-being, growth, and inner strength at the center of your decision—not just survival. This is...
Rediscovering Human Connection in Leadership – Especially Now
Graduation season is a time of new beginnings and reflection. For leaders, it’s also an invitation to revisit the fundamentals of meaningful leadership, especially human connection. In an age where efficiency is prized and digital tools dominate, we often forget that real leadership starts with presence. With care. With a...
When Your Best Performer Starts Slipping: The Hidden Cost of Incivility
When your best performer starts slipping, you're not just seeing a dip in productivity; you're witnessing the hidden cost of incivility ripple through your team. You know the employee I’m talking about. You know the employee I’m talking about. The one who’s always gone above and beyond. Shows up early....
3 Subtle Ways You May Be Undermining Your Work Culture
It doesn’t always take a major disruption to damage work culture. Sometimes, all it takes is letting things slide, over and over again. In my time as a family therapist and now as a workplace conflict expert, I’ve seen it too often: issues are ignored in the name of empathy...
Leadership Isn’t About Comfort – It’s About Courage
In every workplace, there are moments that test your leadership. Moments where the right decision is clear, but uncomfortable. Leadership isn't about comfort - it's about courage. When faced with an employee who mistreats others, a high-performer who crosses boundaries, or a peer whose conduct is damaging trust…what do you...
When the Storm Passes, What’s Left Behind?
What Leaders Can Learn from Unresolved Conflict and Fallen Trees Recently, a powerful storm swept through Pittsburgh, PA. Roads were blocked, power lines were down, and shingles were torn off rooftops. The next morning, while walking through my neighborhood, I couldn’t help but notice the stillness, not just in the...
Avoid power struggles with your employees like you would with a teenager
What can leaders learn from parenting a defiant teenager? How to avoid power struggles with your employees. Ever been caught in a power struggle, whether at home or in the workplace? I recently witnessed a moment between a parent and their teenager that was a masterclass in emotional regulation. The...
3 ways to Shift Team Culture from Blame to Responsibility
How do you shift team culture from blame to responsibility when you notice a team member struggling to take ownership of their actions? Maybe when a project doesn’t go as planned, you hear a range of reactions, blame, excuses, minimizing, or deflecting, that ultimately stall progress and block accountability. As...
How Do You Stay Level-Headed When Demands Exceed Your Inner Resources?
How do you stay level-headed when leadership often comes with high-pressure situations, difficult conversations, tough decisions, and unexpected challenges?Some leaders seem to navigate these moments with ease, staying calm even when tensions are high. But the reality is that level-headed leadership isn’t a natural trait, it’s a learned skill. The...
Finding Common Ground: The Journey of Difficult Conversations
The Journey of difficult conversations is a reality for every leader, manager, and professional.They can feel like climbing a steep mountain, challenging, uncomfortable, and sometimes overwhelming.These are the conversations that make your stomach churn, your palms sweaty, and your heart race. And yet, avoiding them doesn’t make the issue disappear....