Leveraging Leadership

with Amy Burkett

Radical Candor: Your Team Craves It #leadershipcoaching executive leadership skills feedback loop leadership coaching professional development professional growth radical candor Jun 08, 2025

If you’ve ever looked at a team member and thought, “They’ve got potential… but they’re not there yet,” you’re not alone. At the core of who I am as a leader is the fact that in my DNA, I’m a teacher ...

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Is Your Team Quietly Falling Apart: How to Spot and Fix Dysfunction fixing dysfunction helpful leadership advice professional development team dysfunction May 11, 2025

Let’s be real—most team dysfunction doesn’t show up with a flashing red light. It creeps in quietly. A missed deadline here. An awkward meeting there. Slowly, performance dips and trust erodes... and ...

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What Separates Successful Leaders? grit growth leadershipadivse personal growth professional development professional growth strategies for success Apr 05, 2025

What separates successful leaders from those who fall short? Talent? Luck? A privileged background? You might think it’s all of those things and I believe they do play a part. But according to psychol...

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Turn Red Lights into Green: A Playbook for Bold Leadership #boldleaddership #growth #growthtips management advice management development professional development professional growth strategies for success strenthening teams talent development team building teamwork training women in business work solutions Mar 29, 2025

I don’t know about you, but life feels a little heavy to me these days.  My favorite thing to do to escape reality is to watch a rom-com.  Yep, I’ll admit it.  I love these sappy shows that have a hap...

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Unleashing Gratitude: A Leadership Superpower gratitude growth helpful leadership advice leadershipgratitude leadershipsuperpower personal growth professional development professional growth upleveling your leadership Nov 24, 2024

As Thanksgiving approaches, gratitude takes center stage. But for leaders, gratitude isn’t just about a holiday tradition. You can’t set-it-and-forget it.  Nope, it takes practice. It’s a year-round g...

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Cracking the Productivity Code business advice eat the frog leadership management advice productivity professional development professional growth strategies for success time management work life balance Nov 17, 2024

This weekend I had the chance to do a little iron sharpening.  I was able to help others do it, and I had help doing it for myself.  You know the phrase iron sharpens iron.  My 20-year public media fr...

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The Power of One Small Shift business leadership change management courageous leadership encouragement growth helpful leadership advice management development performance reviews problems solving advice professional development Nov 02, 2024

Last week was my team’s monthly staff meeting.  I’m always looking for ways to encourage next level growth in folks.  Unfortunately, the reality is people often put themselves in boxes.  “I’m just a …...

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8 Leadership Tips for Bridging Divides and Sparking Innovation bridging divides courageous leadership finding common ground growth helpful leadership advice innovation leadership tips mindset shift professional development Oct 20, 2024

8 Leadership Tips for Bridging Divides and Sparking Innovation

“There are two types of people in this world.  Those who divide the world into two types of people and those who don’t.”  Robert Benchle...

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