I recently had the honor of giving the faculty/staff closing toast at the McCombs Black Alumni Association’s Annual Gala, By Design. As I prepared for the evening, I kept coming back to a simple idea: The grass is greener where you water it. It reminded me of something I learned…
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Protecting Your Fruit
Behavioral Resilience is More Than Productivity This week, my body made a decision that my mind did not want to make. It slowed me down. For weeks, I had been carrying a lot. Not just tasks but expectations, vision, and responsibility. The weight of making things happen. I was preparing…
Extending Your Branches
Understanding Relational Resilience Have you ever stopped to think about the people who have shaped your leadership journey? Not just the people whose names appear on your résumé or LinkedIn profile. But the people who saw something in you before you saw it in yourself. The mentor who challenged you…
Strengthening Your Roots
Why Reflective Resilience Is the Foundation of Sustainable Leadership Have you ever been so busy helping everyone else that you forgot to ask yourself a simple question? How am I doing? Not…How’s work going?, How’s the family? But truly… How am I? For many leaders, especially women leaders of color,…
Why Your Greatest Superpower is Secretly Tripping You Up
(And 4 Other Strengths Truths) 1. The Mirror and the Manual In 2003, Jo Self encountered a framework that provided what she calls a “user manual” for her own existence. For years, she had navigated her life with patterns she couldn’t quite name, but the CliftonStrengths assessment acted as a…