The work of leading other people is really the work of leading yourself first, on purpose, in the moments that actually count. This category covers career strategy, executive presence, decision-making under pressure, and the internal patterns that shape how you show up long before anyone else in the room notices. Not reflective journaling prompts. The specific, practical work of staying deliberate about your own trajectory instead of drifting into whatever’s loudest that week.
“I want to work on my communication.” I hear some version of that sentence from clients all the time, and it’s rarely specific enough to actually work with. So I ask for an example. One client sent hers back within the hour. Here’s roughly what she’d sent a colleague: “”Hi Dana, I’ve been reworking how…
I was over a decade into my career, MBA in hand, before I heard the term “career map.” I barely knew what an informational interview was, let alone when you were supposed to do one or why. Nobody assumes you still need the basics once you’re senior enough. So nobody offers them. Nike didn’t let…