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Why a Leadership Ecosystem? Over time, I’ve come to understand this work not as a set of services, but as leadership as ecosystem — interconnected, adaptive, and responsive to human capacity rather than performance alone. Over the last several years, I’ve been paying close attention to a pattern many people feel but struggle to articulate. […]

In the Winter 2026 issue of The Wildlife Professional, I co-authored an article titled “Re-Humanizing the Workplace: How Leaders and Peers Can Combat Fear.” This blog expands on that piece and explores how re-humanizing the workplace begins with small, intentional acts of courage, transparency, and care. Space constraints prevented two practical tables from being included […]

My Adlerian mentor and counselor, John Reardon, passed away this weekend. His teachings on encouragement, courage, and connection have shaped every part of who I am — as a mother, a leader, and a human being. Even as I write that, I feel the layers of gratitude and loss rise together. When my daughter was […]

A Week of Hypocrisy and Harm Last week’s headlines troubled me. I heard the tragic news while driving to facilitate a wolf advisory group. Increasingly, people seem to be resorting to violence against those with different beliefs. Political institutions value performance over principle. Public shows of loyalty from people who, in the same breath, punish […]