I share with you important lessons that come from great leaders and can give us powerful boosts to add the most value to support your leadership journey.
Most leaders who read “stay technical” hear permission to stay in every decision. There’s a real difference between staying close (informed, credible, able to ask a sharp question in an
“You’re not enough.” I hear it after keynotes, in DMs, on calls with founders who’ve raised real money and still hesitate before hitting “post.” Because that whisper isn’t only living
A director I mentor built a strong case. Promotion, bigger scope, a clear path from senior to staff engineer. She handed it over like a gift. He said no. Not
A VP of Engineering I mentor spent 40 minutes of our last session telling me, in detail, how he protects his team’s focus time. No meetings before 10 AM. No
There is a version of you that your team sees. And there is a version they show you. These are not always the same thing. This is not about dishonesty.
You already knew you should have said no as a leader. You knew it when you said yes. You knew it the next morning when your calendar looked like a
