The Work Pause: Free Fall 2025 Retreats

Take an hour and change your week with a 60-minute (free!) retreat in the middle of your work day.

Aug 26 • 

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You Can't Delegate Judgement or Leadership to ChatGPT

AI can generate plans, but only humans can lead them through ambiguity. Here’s why too many CEOs think otherwise.

Aug 12 • 

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How to Communicate Through a F*ckUp

A simple 4P framework for telling the truth without losing trust

Aug 7 • 

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July 2025

Decisiveness is Not Necessarily Leadership

What I'm learning about urgency, duality, and holding the uncomfortable middle

Jul 23 • 

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June 2025

“Was That Mansplaining?” A Field Guide for the Well-Intentioned

A conversation (not a call out!) on what mansplaining is, what it isn’t, and why it still matters

Jun 25 • 

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What I Wish More CEO's Knew Before Hiring Me as a Fractional Leader

A consultant isn't a savior, and your marketing team might not be the problem.

Jun 12 • 

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May 2025

You Need More Than a Framework. You Need a Work Doula.

You shouldn't ever have to go it alone when you're giving birth to big ideas, new roles, and hard conversations.

May 21 • 

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Beyond the Binary: Rethinking Gender-Based Leadership Styles

We’ve trained women to adapt. What if we evolved leadership instead?

May 6 • 

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April 2025

The Silent Toll of Staying Too Long Where You're Undervalued

Fear, survival, and the slow work of choosing yourself

Apr 28 • 

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The "Let Them Theory" Is Not a Management Strategy

It’s a mood. It’s a boundary. But unless you want chaos in your org chart, it’s not how you lead.

Apr 24 • 

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January 2025

DEI Matters More Than Ever

I better not see Meta, Ford, or Walmart posting MLK Jr quotes today

Jan 20 • 

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October 2024

October Work Memes

because if we don't laugh, we will cry . . .

Oct 8, 2024 • 

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