Please forward this to a high-impact leader who needs the energy edge. If this was forwarded to you, get plugged in here. Welcome back - it's nice to have you here! Before we dive in... What would be left...if someone took away your title? Your business. Your promotion. Your biggest success. Your biggest failure. Would you still know exactly who you are? 🎯 THE MOMENT Have you ever noticed how quickly we answer one simple question? "So...what do you do?" It's one of the first things we ask...
13 days ago • 5 min read
Please forward this to a high-impact leader who needs the energy edge. If this was forwarded to you, get plugged in here. Welcome back - it's nice to have you here! Before we dive in... When was the last time you felt slightly off...but convinced yourself it would pass? Not exhausted. Not burned out. Just...different. Sometimes that's the only warning we get. 🎯 THE MOMENT I've never liked or felt comfortable with the word burnout. Not because it isn't real. Because I don't think it's...
20 days ago • 6 min read
Please forward this to a high-impact leader who needs the energy edge. If this was forwarded to you, get plugged in here. Welcome back - it's nice to have you here! Before we dive in... What's one decision from your past that still takes up more mental space than it deserves? → Hit reply with just one word if you'd like. I'm curious what keeps showing up. 🎯 THE MOMENT I hear the same sentence almost every week from friends, clients, family, and even in the media: "I'm behind." Behind in...
27 days ago • 5 min read
Please forward this to a high-impact leader who needs the energy edge. If this was forwarded to you, get plugged in here. Welcome back - it's nice to have you here! One quick update. Over the past few months, hundreds of you have joined me every week for Plugged In Leadership. Last week I asked when this newsletter is most valuable to you, and your answers were surprisingly consistent. This isn't something you read to wrap up your week. It's something many of you want before the week begins....
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
Please forward this to a high-impact leader who needs the energy edge. If this was forwarded to you, get plugged in here. Welcome back - it's nice to have you here! Before we dive in... I'd love your help for a few minutes this week. Before the next newsletter... For the past several months, I've had the privilege of sharing ideas with you every Friday morning. What started as a simple newsletter has become something much bigger. Together we've explored Decision Debt, Relationship Debt,...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Please forward this to a high-impact leader who needs the energy edge. If this was forwarded to you, get plugged in here. Welcome back - it's nice to have you here! Before we dive in... Where have you felt the strongest sense of belonging this year? → Hit reply if someone or somewhere immediately came to mind. There’s probably a reason. 🎯 THE MOMENT The first time I attended the Agents of Change conference, I wasn’t sure I belonged there. Nobody made me feel unwelcome. Nobody questioned why I...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
Please forward this to a high-impact leader who needs the energy edge. If this was forwarded to you, get plugged in here. Welcome back - it's nice to have you here! A quick note before we dive in. Several of you (including a thoughtful note from my good friend Allison) pointed out that these newsletters had started to become a little…scroll-heavy. Fair point. I’ve been experimenting with formatting to see what best serves the ideas, and I realized something: the writing should be doing the...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Please forward this to a high-impact leader who needs the energy edge. If this was forwarded to you, get plugged in here. Welcome back - it's nice to have you here! Before we dive in, where did your energy land this week on a scale from 1 to 10? → Hit reply if you want to take a second and share it. That simple awareness matters. 🎯 THE MOMENT For a long time, I thought I was naturally good at networking. Looking back, I don’t think that’s what it was at all. I think I was simply living inside...
2 months ago • 5 min read
Please forward this to a high-impact leader who needs the energy edge. If this was forwarded to you, get plugged in here. Welcome back - it's nice to have you here! Before we dive in, where did your energy land this week on a scale from 1 to 10? → Hit reply if you want to take a second and share it. That simple awareness matters. 🎯 THE MOMENT One of the hardest truths I learned while building my business had nothing to do with sales. Nothing to do with marketing. Nothing to do with...
2 months ago • 5 min read