Recent Observations
Why I Write
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Success can become a habit that's hard to question. Sometimes the hardest part isn't leaving. It's admitting the version of success you built no longer fits.
A bad boss doesn't always mean it's time to leave. I know — that's not the popular opinion. But not every challenge is worth staying for, and not every challenge means you should go.
Confidence rarely comes before clarity. Most people wait to feel certain. The leaders I coach learn to move before certainty ever shows up.
I spent twenty years in corporate, the last eight leading teams. High performer, executive sponsorship, awards, great money - every external measure said I was doing well.
In 2021, I was passed over for a Senior Director role. It stung. But somewhere in that disappointment, I started asking a different question: what if this wasn't a setback, but a reroute? That's when I discovered leadership coaching, and fell in love with it.
I kept climbing anyway. In early 2024, I stepped into the VP role on an interim basis, and was offered it permanently. A few years earlier, I'd have said yes without hesitation. This time, I didn't.
Nothing was wrong. I still loved the work. I'd just changed — and the version of success I'd spent years chasing no longer fit who I'd become.
Now I coach leaders through that exact space - the one between knowing something's off and knowing what to do about it.