Leveraging Leadership
with Amy Burkett
Here's the hard truth: Alignment doesn’t fall apart overnight—and neither does trust.
It erodes quietly. Through mixed messages. Shifting priorities. Decisions made with good intent but little contex...
So much of what we do as leaders lives in subtlety which makes recognizing problems early really hard. Most alignment problems don’t announce themselves loudly.
They don’t start with missed deadline...
If you’re leading right now, let’s name the obvious:
Priorities don’t just shift occasionally they shift constantly.
New information. New pressure. New crisis. New directive. It feels like we’re alw...
Last week we talked about making strategy feel less overwhelming and more actionable. Here’s the truth we don’t say out loud enough:
Even the best strategy fails without team alignment.
Alignment is...
If the word strategy makes your shoulders tense a little, you’re not alone.
Last week’s blog survey made something crystal clear to me:
80% of you want strategy to feel less overwhelming and more acti...
If your strategy for 2026 is to just hang on and hope things settle down, I have some tough news: they won’t. The pace of change that defined 2025 isn’t slowing, and Glassdoor’s word of the year fatig...
I hope you enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving. I’m incredibly grateful that we got to celebrate it with our son who works in the ski industry in Park City, Utah. We didn’t get any snow until our last ...
I know you won’t be surprised when I say, the world feels pretty heavy right now.  Every time we turn around, another company’s announcing layoffs. Teams are shrinking. Workloads are growing. People a...
I’m pretty sure everyone can agree 2025 has been a year like no other. For many leaders, it’s been a time to step back, take a deep breath, and reevaluate what leadership really means. When things get...
Leadership has always been about character, but in today’s world, character isn’t just tested, it's televised. Every decision we make, every tone we take, and every inconsistency we try to quietly man...
It’s been one heck of a week. I’m glad it’s over and I’m still standing. As a leader you’ve probably wrestled with this tension: how to be nice without being a pushover. Or maybe you’ve had someone s...
If there’s one thing we can count on in leadership today, it’s that change is coming fast. Whether it’s new technology, shifting employee expectations, or evolving markets, the pace can feel relentles...
