Hi Reader, Have you ever been in a meeting with senior leaders and had this happen? You have an idea. A good one. You thought about it before the meeting, so you’re ready. Then the senior leaders enter the room and suddenly your very good idea starts sounding... questionable. You wait. You rethink how you were going to say it. You tell yourself you’re looking for the right moment. And then someone else says almost exactly what you were going to say. Everyone loves it. And now you’re sitting...

Hot Seat Coaching has a new name—Leadership Unscripted—because leadership, like entertainment, is never perfectly scripted. When procrastination steals your dreams ↓ Procrastination isn’t laziness. It’s your brain trying to protect you. My client Maddie, a VP at a gaming company, had a dream: writing her first book. But every time she sat down to write, she froze. She called it “crippling procrastination.” The cost? Lost confidence. Lost momentum. A dream stuck on the shelf. In this week’s...

Negative comparison kept my client silent in the room. Here’s how she broke free. ↓ Ever been in a meeting and suddenly start comparing yourself to everyone else in the room? That’s what happened to my client Kristian, a Director of Partnerships at a game company. She told me:“They’re so much more experienced. Who am I to speak up?” The result? She stayed quiet when her voice was needed most and it started costing her opportunities for promotion. In this week’s Hot Seat Coaching newsletter, I...