As July wraps up, I find myself doing a quiet end‑of‑month reflection. Maybe it’s the mid‑summer stillness that I used to replan the remainder of my year. Maybe it’s the natural pause before the panic of Q4. Or maybe...
The month of July gets a bad reputation with business owners and leaders. Too slow. Too many vacations. Too hot (ok, that is fair). Too many half‑days, half‑staffed weeks,...
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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
As I sit here working on my June goals it hits me, hard. We are halfway through the year. Crazy huh? My goal books all have the refresh allotted to complete at the end of June, but I find myself drawn to my goals, my plans, and my calendar....
Every spring, I see chaos. Working parents enter a perfect storm of school events: graduations, end‑of‑year ceremonies, final projects, class parties, and the logistical gymnastics that come with half‑days and school closures. For many...
This last month has reminded me of several leadership qualities and habits that make leadership powerful. Now that things are normal (are they ever?!) I am dedicating May to getting back on track and getting organized. Every Spring I...