If you lead people, emotions come with the job – whether in 1:1s, team meetings or post-crisis huddles. But there’s a difference between holding space and absorbing stress. The best managers aren’t emotional sponges. They create structure that allows people to process without spiraling. This isn’t about being cold or shutting people down. It’s about […]

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One day, we’re going to look back at right now – like, right now, as you’re reading this – and say, whoa, that was WILD. A living case study of chaos. A time when every norm we knew about work got tossed in the air like confetti, and we had no choice but to catch […]

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