When Your Greatest Strengths Get Hijacked by Stress (And What to Do About It)

A guitar engulfed in flames, representing how a leader's greatest strengths can be pushed to overdrive and destructive excess under stress.

We often think of our strengths as the best parts of us—the qualities that help us succeed, lead, and connect. And they are! But here’s a leadership truth that often goes unspoken: under stress, those very strengths can become our biggest liabilities. This doesn’t mean our strengths vanish. They don’t. But stress hijacks them, puts … Read more

Decision-making inventory

A winding sunlit trail through tall pine trees and purple heather leading toward a lake glimpsed through the forest representing the deliberate, reflective leadership journey of taking inventory of who you are, what you carry, and what you need to release in order to lead more authentically and sustainably

I’m working with several people in the midst of decision-making- BIG decisions like career changes and relocation of their family. And at the time of this writing we are in the midst of pandemic-fueled significant global and national crises for extra change challenge measure. This morning while running a new trail system on a work … Read more

Trek Forks and Decision Making: Check Your Equipment

A solitary figure seated on a rocky cliff edge overlooking a breathtaking mountain expanse at sunset — symbolizing the courageous leadership pause required at critical decision-making forks in the trail, where checking your inner equipment — your values, identity, and purpose — determines which path you take and how high you ultimately climb

I’m working with several people in the midst of decision-making- BIG decisions like career changes and relocation of their family. And at the time of writing we are in the midst of significant global and national crises for extra change challenge measure. This morning while running a new trail system, I was thinking about decisions … Read more

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