Leadership can be high stress with even higher stakes. A world of responsibility resting on your shoulders. Long hours are mandatory, breaks aren’t guaranteed, and days can turn into sleepless nights. But you stick with it day after day because the rewards outweigh the effort.
If you’re confident, composed and at peace, you become the caring and care-giving leader. You are calm under pressure, leading by example, making the tough decisions when you know they could be mad at you, managing a dozen things at once and making it look easy, giving people a safe space to be themselves and above all else, never losing your compassion for others or yourself. You lead with love. In the long run, this leadership style will always thrive.
Leading with love means knowing and caring about what inspires and empowers people. It’s about caring enough to know what is important to them and helping them succeed. This is the key to leadership success. To lead with love benefits both the leader and the mentee.
Last year I stepped into my most challenging leadership role yet. And let me tell you, two little toddlers sure can test and bring out the very best of you, or the very worst.
Welcome back to my blog. It’s been a while, let’s catch up.
Parenthood is often described as the most difficult job a person can undertake. As someone who comes from a decade and a half in extreme high pressure and intense work environments, I am here to tell you, nothing and no one could truly prepare me for this— it is the ultimate test. I believe becoming a parent is one of the most significant transformations of self-growth a person will ever endure. And part of our experience as humans (regardless of whether we’re parents or not) is evolving and re-establishing ourselves through all the various phases of our lives.
