Sylvia Lafair

From Time-Outs to Performance Plans

From Time-Outs to Performance Plans: How Family Patterns Quietly Run the Workplace

By Sylvia Lafair | January 23, 2026 |

From Time-Outs to Performance Plans reveals why workplace stress often has little to do with work and everything to do with childhood patterns. When bosses feel like parents and feedback feels personal, the office becomes a family system in business casual—and awareness is the first step to change.

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What’s Really Undermining

What’s Really Undermining Productivity and Trust at Work?

By Sylvia Lafair | January 19, 2026 |

What’s really undermining team trust and performance at work? Learn how invisible stress patterns quietly sabotage leadership and culture.

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you don't need more willpower

You Don’t Need More Willpower. You Need a New Operating System

By Sylvia Lafair | January 15, 2026 |

You dont need more willpower to lead better. Discover how outdated emotional patterns run your leadership on autopilot and why upgrading your inner operating system changes everything.

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the split inside

The Split Inside Every Leader That Can Be Healed

By Sylvia Lafair | January 8, 2026 |

Explore the split inside that drives polarized decisions, internal disconnection, and leadership exhaustion, and learn how integrating head, heart, and gut restores clarity and coherence.

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Taylor Swift and Leadership

Taylor Swift and Leadership: What GLIMMERS and Behavioral Patterns Reveal About Power and Presence

By Sylvia Lafair | January 5, 2026 |

Taylor Swift and leadership meet GLIMMERS, stress mastery, and decision-making for executives leading with clarity under pressure.

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January 1st

January 1st Isn’t a Fresh Start. It’s a Mirror.

By Sylvia Lafair | January 1, 2026 |

Summary: New Year’s Day comes with glitter and pressure. Pressure to reinvent yourself and to be “better.” In fact, it’s pressure to announce the new you, like a product launch. And if we’re being honest, a lot of that pressure is just old stress dressed up in sequins. Here’s my wish for you on January…

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before new year's

Before New Year’s Resolutions: The Leadership Reset That Prevents Burnout and Builds Engagement

By Sylvia Lafair | December 29, 2025 |

Before New Year’s arrives, use this quiet in-between time to recalibrate, break burnout patterns, and lead with clarity from head, heart, and gut.

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glimmers on christmas

GLIMMERS on Christmas Day: When the Light Shows Up Anyway

By Sylvia Lafair | December 25, 2025 |

Glimmers on Christmas are small signals of safety, warmth, and meaning. Learn how noticing them supports resilience and emotional presence.

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hope can survive

Hope Can Survive During This Christmas Time (Even When It’s Complicated)

By Sylvia Lafair | December 23, 2025 |

When the holidays feel heavy, hope can survive. A compassionate reflection on loneliness, grief, divorce, and finding steady ground at Christmas.

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speak up

Speak Up Like a Leader: Your Responsibility Is to the Room, Not Just Your Ego

By Sylvia Lafair | December 18, 2025 |

Learn how to speak up in toxic leadership cultures, address bully bosses, and communicate truth with clarity, dignity, and real influence without fear or fallout.

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