What You’re Actually Saying When You Won’t Ask for Help
You’re drowning. Everyone can see it. Your deadlines are slipping. Your quality is suffering. You’re working nights and weekends trying to catch up. And you still won’t ask for help. You think you’re showing strength. You’re showing something else entirely. When you refuse to ask for help, you’re not proving you’re capable. You’re proving you […]
Leadership Without Integrity: What You’re Really Building
You say one thing. You do another. You promise transparency. Then you withhold information when it’s inconvenient. You talk about accountability. Then you make excuses when you miss a deadline. You preach collaboration. Then you take credit for your team’s work. Here’s what you’re building: nothing that lasts. Leadership without integrity isn’t leadership. It’s a […]
Asking for Help Isn’t Weakness. It’s Leadership.
As a coach, I admire leaders who ask for help. They know confidence isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about knowing when support matters. Ironically, that lesson recently caught up with me. After a successful hip replacement, I skipped physical therapy. I knew what exercises to do and didn’t want the time or expense. […]
How Awareness Will Change Your Leadership This Year
New year. New goals. Same leadership challenges? Here’s what I see every January: leaders set ambitious targets, plan team restructures, promise better results. But they skip the most important work. They don’t get more aware. I’ve coached leaders for years. The ones who actually transform this year won’t do it through better strategies or […]