Leaders Inspired

03/26/2026

This week's article is an important one. The revolving door of departing and emerging leadership requires some care and attention. The impact of action or inaction will determine what happens in the wisdom gap.

We are hitting a massive, subterranean shift. This isn't the kind of "disruption" that gets a catchy name in a trend report or a...

03/04/2026

There is so much in the world competing for our attention right now. For leaders, that matters.

Where we place our attention shapes our inner state, and our inner state shapes the people around us.

The new blog post article at Leaders Inspired is about what happens when watching begins to replace leading — and how to find our way back.

Speaking for myself, I think this is an important read.

Paying attention is part of responsible leadership. But not all attention strengthens our capacity to lead. I don’t like how quickly my...

02/26/2026

Reacting or responding? The room to breathe may help determine your choice. New article this week on the Leaders Inspired Blog Site.

I’ve always liked that line. Not because it’s cynical, but because it’s honest.It reminds me that no matter how thoughtful, strategic, or...

02/19/2026

New article. Constructing a communication style that is Factual, Direct, Neutral and Kind while applying discernment in the face of fear - well that's a recipe for humanized leadership. Enjoy!

Sometimes, in leadership, the question shifts. It’s no longer just what should I do, but something quieter and more personal.

02/11/2026

New Blog Post on Leaders Inspired.

I’ve been noticing how the tension of fear and courage and the action of seeing clearly vs turning away from it are showing up in leadership, especially when uncertainty lingers.

Here's the thing - that which we are willing to see clearly can move us forward. What stays obscured keeps us operating in a false narrative and it impacts our ability to lead.

This week’s article explores how fear often slips in sneakily and starts driving decisions without being named. You will feel it show up as urgency. There's a pressure to “just decide” so the discomfort will stop. The relief can feel productive, even responsible, but clarity is often the tradeoff for short term pain ease.

Let's name it: urgency is frequently the nervous system trying to get back to familiar ground. When we don’t recognize that, it’s easy to cave into that pit-in-the-stomach feeling thinking we are decisive when we are really reactive.

For leaders committed to emotional intelligence and humanized leadership, awareness comes first. Accurate self-appraisal. Seeing what’s actually happening inside us before we decide what to do next.

I invite you to read the article and notice what resonates. Let me know what you see for yourself.

How urgency quietly replaces clarity in leadership decisions. Lately, I’ve been noticing how decisions get made when uncertainty lingers.

01/28/2026

Happy Birthday!!!

Five years ago today on January 28, 2021, I sat biting my nails as The Humanized Leader was released into the world.

I didn’t do a ton of fanfare at the time. I felt really vulnerable wondering if what I felt so deeply in my heart would resonate with others, or if it would simply be some kind of vanity project. I hoped and I waited.

What I couldn’t have known then is how much this work would change me. And how this work would impact so many others, too.

I see leadership differently now. I coach differently. I listen more carefully. And I hold my students and clients with a deeper sense of wholeness and respect for their humanity. And my clients - oh my clients!!! What powerful transformations, growth, and shifts did I witness!

Later that day, when Ignite Press publisher Everett O’Keefe and his team reached out, I learned that the book had reached number one in twelve substantial Amazon categories, including internationally. I was stunned — and deeply grateful.

Today feels less like a victory and more like a moment of appreciation. For the work itself. For the people who have carried it forward. And for the quiet ways it continues to matter.

Happy birthday to The Humanized Leader.
Thank you for celebrating with me.

Read more on the Leaders Inspired blog:

Happy Birthday!!! Five years ago this week, The Humanized Leader was released into the world.I didn’t mark the date at the time.

01/21/2026

New Article Posting.

Although I am very hopeful about 2026, it has started off as a cacophony of noise and confusion. This is such a sure-fire trigger into reactivity, fear and judgement. How exhausting.

The fear trigger often shows up as a false sense of quick decisions and less-than-thoughtful movement.

Sitting with that tension, led to the reflection in this week's article on The Leaders Inspired Blog.

I'd love to hear your thoughts. How are you intentionally working a pause into the equation so that you can show up in your most human and emotionally intelligent self?

If certainty is the shadow that quietly derails leadership, then the pause is the capacity that restores it.

01/15/2026

I’ve been sitting with something simple and a little uncomfortable.

When I lead from a place of certainty — without room for possibility or curiosity — I cut off creativity, contribution, and sometimes connection.

That feels counterintuitive, especially for those of us who’ve been taught that leadership means having the answers and pointing the way forward.

And there are moments when certainty matters. In a crisis, it can be necessary.

But in everyday life and work, I’ve noticed how easily certainty can turn into rigidity. How quickly it can close conversations instead of opening them.

I wrote a short reflection about this recently, mostly as a way to keep myself honest and awake in my own leadership.

If you feel like reading, I’ll share it here.

The things that happen when a short sabbatical stretches into a year. I didn’t stop working.
I didn’t stop coaching.
I didn’t turn clients...

01/09/2026

After a long sabbatical in 2025, I found my way back to writing publicly. The silence did me good.

This isn’t a how-to. It’s a re-entry.

In case you missed it, here is the most recent edition of The Leaders Inspired Blog.

Happy New Year!

The things that happen when a short sabbatical stretches into a year. I didn’t stop working.
I didn’t stop coaching.
I didn’t turn clients...

01/07/2026

I didn’t stop working.
I didn’t stop coaching.
I didn’t turn clients away.

I just stopped writing.
And I stopped talking — publicly.

Silence turned out to be a teacher.

Read more about it on the new Leaders Inspired blog:

The things that happen when a short sabbatical stretches into a year. I didn’t stop working.
I didn’t stop coaching.
I didn’t turn clients...

12/03/2025

I loved the idea of a "Bad Boss Confessional" the first time I heard Beth mention it. It was kind of vulnerable opening the curtain to my own bad boss experience, but it opened up some great conversation. Thanks for asking me to be a part of the fun, Beth.

Hope you all enjoy the podcast!
Beth Fahey Expert EOS Implementer

10/24/2024

Empathy, compassion, heart-based leadership.....formerly the soft skills are now the ESSENTIAL skills. Imagine that!?

Compassion is at the core of a new way of leading with emotional intelligence. More than empathy, compassion is seen as a sustainable and actionable form of emotional intelligence—understanding the suffering of others and taking appropriate action to alleviate it. Or - even more, taking no action at all, rather holding a wise space for the other to activate their own EQ and agency in decision making.

Wow! This is a big shift for those of us who are the "doers" and the "activators". A big shift for those of us who rely on our intelligence to figure things out - and fast.

Compassion is different than empathy - and it takes time. And it is worth cultivating. It will be a game changer for your leadership.

There is no better way that I have seen in my career to learn and integrate the power of compassion than working in a small group. With peers willing to do the deep personal work of expanding our heart-based leadership capacity. Shameless plug - I am facilitating such a group beginning November. If you want to do the hard and oh-so-rewarding work of rewiring your leadership into the power of compassionate leadership, please comment "More Info" in the comment section and I'll follow up with you.

Until then, practice creates progress. How will you practice your compassion today?

Imagine this: One of your team members is struggling with a heavy workload and personal issues. Your first thought might be to jump in and...