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patterns escalate

Patterns Escalate at This Time of Year: Complete Them or Repeat Them, Your Choice

By Sylvia Lafair | December 4, 2025 |

Explore why family patterns escalate during the holidays and learn simple shifts that transform your reactions, relationships, and leadership.

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the leadership trifecta

The Leadership Trifecta: Why Expectations, Accountability, and Follow-Up Make or Break Your Team

By Sylvia Lafair | December 2, 2025 |

Master the leadership trifecta of expectations, accountability, and follow-up to build trust, reduce drama, and elevate leadership impact.

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The Patterns We Pass

The Patterns We Pass at the Thanksgiving Table: A Lesson in Leadership, Love, and Letting Go

By Sylvia Lafair | November 24, 2025 |

Summary: Thanksgiving has a way of shining a spotlight on the people we love most and the patterns we pass around, but would prefer to keep in the pantry with the canned cranberry sauce. Let this year be a day of gratitude and learning. Keep reading about how to make this time with family and friends…

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the next big shift in leadership

The Next Big Shift in Leadership Development: Stop Guessing and Start Leading with Confidence

By Sylvia Lafair | November 20, 2025 | Comments Off on The Next Big Shift in Leadership Development: Stop Guessing and Start Leading with Confidence

Summary: Let’s get one thing straight: you, as a leader, don’t need more theories. Or frameworks. Or another shiny workbook that sits gathering digital dust. You need integration. That elusive moment when the light bulb goes on, and it stays on long enough for behavior to actually change. You can do it as long as…

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Two focused professionals studying complex data on a glowing digital screen, symbolizing the importance of head heart gut alignment in leadership decisions.

Lost in Logic™: When Leaders Ignore the Voice Beneath the Data

By Sylvia Lafair | November 13, 2025 | Comments Off on Lost in Logic™: When Leaders Ignore the Voice Beneath the Data

Summary: Here is a more complete way to view your behavior at work. In the new leadership science, your head analyzes, your heart connects, and your gut predicts. When they’re aligned, decisions flow. However, if they’re not, chaos follows. Read on for new ideas. Dear Dr. Sylvia, It’s all my fault! I was the final…

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A cartoon-style hand pointing outward through torn paper, symbolizing authority and self-awareness in sounding like my parents at work.

Help! I Sound Just Like My Parents at Work

By Sylvia Lafair | November 6, 2025 | Comments Off on Help! I Sound Just Like My Parents at Work

Summary: You know that moment. You open your mouth, and your mother or father comes out.“Do you think we’re made of money?” or “Turn off the lights; we’re not paying to illuminate the city.” Then,“Because I said so, that’s why!” It happens all the time. Here’s why and what to do about it. Dear Dr.…

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Three glowing purple light beams symbolizing head, heart, and gut alignment in whole-person leadership.

Glimmers, Leadership, and Alignment: The New Trifecta for Whole-Person Leadership

By Sylvia Lafair | November 4, 2025 | Comments Off on Glimmers, Leadership, and Alignment: The New Trifecta for Whole-Person Leadership

Summary: We all know what triggers feel like, those moments when something small sets off a big emotional storm.But what about the opposite? What about the micro-moments that bring you back to yourself? Here’s how head, heart, and gut coherence can turn ordinary leadership into something extraordinary. Dear Dr. Sylvia, I am dedicated to helping…

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Two leaders stand in a modern glass office at sunrise overlooking a city skyline, symbolizing how seasoned leaders help emerging leaders become their best through mentorship and reflection.

How Seasoned Leaders Can Help Emerging Leaders Become Their Best

By Sylvia Lafair | October 6, 2025 | Comments Off on How Seasoned Leaders Can Help Emerging Leaders Become Their Best

Summary: If you’ve led for a long time, you eventually realize leadership isn’t about staying in front; it’s about walking alongside. The most incredible legacy any long-standing leader can leave is not a list of accomplishments, but a new generation of leaders who’ve learned how to think, decide, and lead well because of your influence.…

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Hand catching golden glimmers of light and glitter, symbolizing hope, positivity, and leadership moments.

How GLIMMERS Illuminate The Leader’s Path to Success

By Sylvia Lafair | October 1, 2025 | Comments Off on How GLIMMERS Illuminate The Leader’s Path to Success

Summary: We live in a world full of noise, deadlines, and distractions that pull us away from ourselves. But glimmers are stubborn little messengers of hope. They sneak in anyway. For example, they arrive in a stranger’s smile, the smell of brownies baking in the oven, the sound of wind threading through trees. These signs…

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A crystal prism on a desk scattering rainbow glimmers of light across business papers, symbolizing leaders trusting glimmers for guidance.

The Spark Leaders Don’t Know They Need

By Sylvia Lafair | September 25, 2025 | Comments Off on The Spark Leaders Don’t Know They Need

Summary: Leadership is often painted as a game of strategy, data, and grit. But ask the best leaders what guided them at critical crossroads, and the answer is rarely found in a spreadsheet. They’ll say, “I just knew,” or “something told me,” or “it clicked in my gut.” Here is why GLIMMERS are so crucial…

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