How we treat people leaders shows up directly in how employees experience work.

🗣️Burned out people leaders burn out teams.
🗣️Underdeveloped people leaders lose talent.
🗣️Traumatized people leaders traumatize their teams.

✨Supported people leaders build cultures that last.✨

To the good people leaders doing the work with too little support: you are seen ❤️

More on this: https://www.harvardbusiness.org/insight/the-burnout-risk-strengthening-your-midlevel-leaders

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So grateful for the love and support in 2025. 💛 Thank you to everyone who cheered me on, challenged my thinking, and kept the joy and humor alive.

🥂Wishing you rest, clarity, a little mischief, and good energy for what’s next.

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Happy Friday to everyone except those who are refusing to circle back after the new year at this point.

Because why are you sending out meeting requests for next Wednesday at 4pm? 😩👀😮‍💨

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Because when has creating a supremely toxic cultural enviroment actually led to long term sustainable growth and success?

I’ll wait.

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Being “AI-ready” or “AI-first” isn’t just about having the latest tools. It’s about having the culture, trust, and infrastructure to make those tools actually matter.

Too many organizations are rushing into pilots with no plan for infrastructure, training, adoption, communication, or integration.

We keep buying a racecar and forgetting that we never built the road.

https://www.ft.com/partnercontent/hp/ai-is-ready-for-work-but-is-the-workplace-truly-ready-to-embrace-ai.html

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🗣️The best people analytics professionals aren’t just technically brilliant ➡️ they’re humble and empathetic.

🔊Humility lets the data speak first.
👂Empathy helps us truly hear it.

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McKinsey says many employees think AI could replace a third of their work in the next year. Leaders often underestimate that fear.

Fear is not simply resistance but a signal of low trust.

✨Real value comes when leaders invest in infrastructure, transparency, and support as much as tech. ✨

More reading 👉🏾 https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/superagency-in-the-workplace-empowering-people-to-unlock-ais-full-potential-at-work
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Leadership means embracing reciprocal human-machine learning to create systems that enhance, not replace, human capability.

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Do not confuse being busy with being productive.

Leaders who reward activity over impact create wasted effort (and annoyed high performers).

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✨ Data + Humanity = Impactful Leadership ✨

I am committed to continuing conversations about using data not just to measure, but to listen, connect, and lead.

Stay tuned for more speaking engagements soon!

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