Exceptional and Exhausted — Newsletter Series #1 On the paradox at the heart of people-pleasing leadership — and what it actually costs. There is a paradox at the heart of exhausted people-pleasing leaders that deserves to be said directly. The people who are best at making everyone...
The Diary of a People-Pleaser — Series #2 On people-pleasing, societal conditioning, and the slow cost of a pattern I mistook for a virtue. Nobody told me the people-pleasing pattern was a problem. Why would they? Everything around me confirmed it was the right way to be....
The Diary of a People-Pleaser — Series 1 This is a people-pleasing director diary. Not the polished version. The Tuesday afternoon version — the one where I write what I actually noticed, what I actually felt, and what I got wrong before I got it right....
The people-pleasing pattern — and the overdelivering it produces — is one of the most reliable routes to early career success. It gets rewarded, promoted, and mistaken for exceptional leadership. Until the point where it becomes the ceiling rather than the foundation. This piece is...
Why People-Pleasing Directors Miss Out on Promotion? In most cases it is not capability. It is not effort. It is not even visibility, although that is usually part of the conversation. It is that the very strategy that built the career, working harder than everyone else,...
Procrastination has its benefits and it explains why so many of us are familiar with an experience of it. However, if you find yourself in a situation where the costs of procrastination started to outweigh its benefits take a look at this video. I am looking...
?Why there is so much talk about personal development and growth?! ?What if personal growth is what determines the quality of your (professional) life? ? In this video: ?You will find insights on why to look for the opportunities for growth and how doing...
What do you do when your boss or your colleague did something that made you feel unappreciated and sad? Or because of the enormous workload, you feel things cannot continue like this? How can you tap into your mental and emotional resilience to...
? I have not yet met anybody who'd not want to feel motivated; who'd not want to understand the DNA of their motivation and how to tap into it. If these questions feel relevant and answers to them would make an impact on your daily...
Responsibility could feel heavy. Do you feel increasingly responsible towards your team, colleagues, family, and even yourself? Do you ask yourself how to cope with all that responsibility and feel lighter? ? In this case, this video is for you: ⭐Here...