What I Know Now That I Didn’t Know Then
Happy Birthday!!! Five years ago this week, The Humanized Leader was released into the world. I didn’t mark the date at the time. I didn’t have a sense that it would matter in the way it does now.
The Strength to Pause
If certainty is the shadow that quietly derails leadership, then the pause is the capacity that restores it. Beneath certainty, there is often an internal experience that feels familiar to many leaders.
When Certainty Replaces Curiosity
I’ve been paying attention to what happens in leadership when curiosity begins to narrow. Not dramatically. Not loudly. More often, it happens through small shifts.
What Silence Taught Me About Leadership
The things that happen when a short sabbatical stretches into a year. I didn’t stop working. I didn’t stop coaching. I didn’t turn clients away. I just stopped writing. And I stopped talking publicly.