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A New Leadership Imperative for Women-Led Founders
For generations, leadership was often associated with authority, position, titles, and years of experience. Today, leadership is increasingly measured by something else: influence. In a connected and...
5 days ago4 min read


The Becoming Audit – Stop Waiting to Find Yourself, Start Creating Yourself
We are often told to “find ourselves,” as though somewhere underneath the noise there is a finished version of us waiting to be discovered. But what if identity is not only something we uncover? What...
Oct 610 min read


Why the Stories We Edit Are the Ones Others Need Most, with Maria DeLorenzis Reyes
Being able to support authors and speakers in using their voices for impact is a privilege, and I had the pleasure of sitting down with Maria DeLorenzis Reyes to talk about her powerful new book, "Unedited: Women’s...
Oct 68 min read


5 Essential Steps for Leadership Growth
Leadership isn't simply a title you are given. Leadership is something you grow into, develop, and intentionally choose every day. Whether you're stepping into your first leadership role, leading a team, building...
Sep 285 min read


Why Leadership Decisions Can End Before the Pressure Does
There were decisions I made during my years in senior leadership that were finished long before I stopped carrying them. The meeting was over. The decision had been communicated. Everyone had gone back...
Sep 277 min read


Who Taught You to Think That Way?
Have you ever questioned where your strongest beliefs actually came from? We often assume our opinions, values, and ideas are entirely our own, yet the way we think is shaped by far more than...
Sep 1411 min read


How to Be Heard in a Room Full of Men
You can be accomplished, confident, and completely prepared, then walk into one high-stakes meeting and become a different version of yourself. You overexplain, lead with data instead of clarity and...
Sep 911 min read


Are You Waiting for Work to Calm Down Before You Live?
How many times have you told yourself that life will feel different once this quarter is over? Once the restructuring is complete. Once the new executive is appointed. Once the acquisition is signed, the board...
Aug 286 min read


The Glass Ceiling Was Never the Whole Story
For decades, the glass ceiling has given us a useful way of talking about women and ambition. You can see the next level. You know you are capable of reaching it. Yet somewhere between where you are and where you...
Aug 206 min read


Capacity Changes Before Burnout Happens
For years, burnout has been treated as the point at which something has gone wrong. By then, a high-achieving professional woman may be exhausted, struggling to think clearly, questioning decisions...
Aug 187 min read


Why Culture is the Ultimate Human Connector
What 40+ Countries, Two Decades in Strategic Communications and Cultural Management, and a Lifetime Between Cultures Taught Me About Human Connection.
Aug 114 min read


What Every Bootstrapped Entrepreneur Gets Wrong About Building a Brand
After more than thirty years as an entrepreneur, people often assume I’ve seen it all. The truth is almost the opposite. Every stage of building a business has required me to become a student again. When...
Aug 96 min read


Why Visibility is a Leadership Skill, Not an Ego Trip
Many women know they have something valuable to contribute, yet still hesitate to speak up, put themselves forward, or take up space. Visibility is often mistaken for attention-seeking, when in reality...
Aug 78 min read


Pregnancy and Leadership – Can You Sustain Executive Performance Without Compromise?
For women in leadership, pregnancy is often framed as a disruption to performance, timing, or career trajectory. Yet this perspective overlooks a critical reality: leadership and pregnancy are not mutually...
Jul 264 min read


Why Stability Has Become the New Luxury for Modern Women
For years, women have been taught that success should feel exciting. Bigger launches. Bigger months. Bigger achievements. But what if the thing we've been chasing isn't freedom at all? What if the constant...
Jul 215 min read


Why Am I Talking? – WAIT and the Art of Sharing Airtime as a Leader
Do you like hearing the sound of your own voice, or do you hate it? “I hate hearing my own voice” is a comment I hear regularly when mentoring coaches as they listen to recordings of their coaching...
Jul 204 min read


The AI Adoption Tax and How Women Can Stop Paying It
Every major shift in how we work creates two groups: the people who shaped it and the people who adapted to it later, on someone else’s terms. With generative AI, the evidence is now unambiguous about who is...
Jul 205 min read


Why Female Leadership is Shaping the Future of Work and Society
Female leadership is essential for the future of our world. When young girls see strong, confident women leading in their communities, workplaces, sports, and governments, they gain the belief that...
Jul 163 min read


Dareen Haddad Is a Face Worthy of We Value AI’s Ambition
The signing of actress Dareen Haddad as brand ambassador for WeValue AI has drawn attention across both the media and property technology scenes, a partnership that brings star power into...
Jul 136 min read


Would I Be the Woman I Am Today If I Hadn't Become a Mom at 16?
We are 75 percent water, 25 percent dry mass, 50 percent spiritual beings, and 50 percent physical beings. These are also a map to the layout of our universe. We are lymphatic fluid, bones, and flesh...
Jul 25 min read


Rinse, 'Femwash', Repeat is the Life Cycle of Women in Leadership
The presence of women in leadership roles ticks a diversity box but does not automatically mean there’s equality in the workplace. Are organizations genuinely advancing gender equity, informed by women...
Jul 14 min read


The Visibility Gap – Why Women Leaders Must Claim Credit for Their Ideas
Too many women have learned to accept having their ideas overlooked, repackaged, or credited to someone else as simply part of the workplace landscape. But claiming visibility is not about ego or self-promotion...
Jul 13 min read


Interrupting Mean Girl Dynamics and Choosing Support
I recently had the privilege of supporting a women’s affinity group, Women United, through the United Way of Pierce County, which hosted its first annual afternoon tea. On the surface, it looked...
Jun 228 min read


The Invisible Weight Women Bring Into the Workplace
"I had never considered that my disappointment mattered to anyone." I sat with that sentence at a point in my life when I was professionally depleted, and the behaviors I was showing up with had...
Jun 228 min read
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