Leading Forward
Executive coaching insights for leaders who want to grow their companies without losing themselves.
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Two Mirrors and a Live Wire (opens the original)
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Wait, What Just Showed Up Here (opens the original)
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The Strength to Hold (opens the original)
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This is a different kind of post for me. It’s more personal than what I usually write, but it’s what’s been on my mind lately. I’m sharing it because I have so many clients and friends experiencing their own version of it. My hope is that there’s something useful here for you. Maybe it’s simply that you feel seen.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AtER!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.c
The Friction You’re Not Choosing (opens the original)
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This month, a leader I’ll call Miriam told me about a hiring delay that had been slowing her pipeline for months. She’d seen it coming, but she didn’t say anything.She understood the impact. But the delay sat outside her team, on someone else’s org chart, and that became the reason not to say anything.Two other leaders brought me different versions of the same story this month. Different situations, same decision underneath: protect how you’re seen, or create friction to protect the outcome.<a c
The SVP Trap (opens the original)
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This is the last part of a four-part series on how a leader’s top strength at one level can become their limit at the next. If you’re new to the series, start here. Then read The Senior Director Trap and The VP Trap.<a class="image-lin
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