Leading When Half the Team Is on Vacation 

by Wendy McClellan | Jul 14, 2026 | Business World, Employee Engagement, Empowerment, HR & Company Policies

Welcome to July, the month where your Teams Messages / Slack Channels are quiet, your office is half‑empty, and your project timelines suddenly feel like they’re held together with sunscreen and optimism.  Leading in July requires a different kind of muscle:...

Independence Day for Leaders: What to Declare Freedom From 

by Wendy McClellan | Jul 7, 2026 | Uncategorized

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July weekend full of family, good food, and fun. To stay in the spirit of freedom I have a challenge for you.   This July, skip the sparklers and free yourself from the things that make your job...

Leadership Isn’t About Carrying More, It’s About Managing Your Capacity 

by Wendy McClellan | Jun 30, 2026 | Employee Engagement, Empowerment, HR & Company Policies, Leadership & Management

There’s a quiet truth I learned the hard way: my capacity isn’t infinite, and pretending it is doesn’t make you stronger, it makes you scattered. After crawling my way out of a mental crash (more than once), I finally understood something important:  Boundaries...

The Pace You Keep Is the Pace Your Team Learns 

by Wendy McClellan | Jun 23, 2026 | Business World, Employee Engagement, Empowerment, HR & Company Policies

There’s a moment every leader eventually faces: You look at your calendar, your inbox, your Teams messages, your text messages, and you realize… You’ve been sprinting for so long that you’ve forgotten what a sustainable...

The Boundary I’ve Kept for Six Years, And Why Leaders Need Their Own 

by Wendy McClellan | Jun 16, 2026 | Affirmations, AI in Business, Business World, Employee Engagement

Every Friday, without fail, I have a video call with my mom. It started during the pandemic. Six years. Dozens of seasons. Hundreds of Fridays.  We only skip it if I’m physically visiting her; because the...