The Middle Manager

The Most Overlooked Leader in the Room One of the most important followership lessons I’ve learned didn’t come from a theory. It came from a coaching conversation. A client of mine had built her own company. She was decisive, visionary, and used to being the one setting direction. Then she…

Resilience in Oz: Glinda’s Relational Power

Today, I’m once again drawing inspiration from Wicked (the book turned musical turned two-part film adaptation), this time through the lens of its deuteragonist (a new word I learned that means the second most important character), Glinda Upland (formerly Galinda), portrayed in the films by Ariana Grande. Often dismissed as…