Leveraging Leadership
with Amy Burkett
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...
Have you noticed how quickly a disagreement at work can spiral into an us vs them situation? It might start as a simple difference in opinion about strategy, resources, or even office space but before...
I’ve been thinking a lot about Mel Robbins’ Let Them, Let Me theory lately. If you’re not familiar with it, here’s the short version: when people do something that frustrates you, ignore your advice, ...
When was the last time you read something that you couldn’t get out of your mind? For me it was a Forbes article I read last week. It explained how Nike, for the first time in nearly 40 years, shifte...
Today's topic isn't one of the most exciting topics, but it may be one of the most critical. As leaders, it’s easy to look downstream when things go wrong. Missed deadlines? Must be the team. Customer...
I recently had the privilege of hearing Jesse Cole, the energetic owner of the Savannah Bananas, speak at the International Maxwell Leadership Conference. If you don’t know Jesse, he’s the man in the ...
