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The Courage to Be Seen: Where Real Connection at Work Begins

By Sylvia Lafair | February 17, 2026 | 0
the courage to be seen

Discover how the courage to be seen transforms leadership and workplace culture when leaders finally address the elephant in the room.

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When Patterns Hijack Connection: How Leaders Can Interrupt Old Reactions and Create Real-Time Change at Work

By Sylvia Lafair | February 11, 2026 | 0
when patterns hijack connection

When patterns hijack connection at work, leaders lose trust without realizing why. Learn how to spot hidden patterns in real time and restore meaningful dialogue.

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Human Connection at Work Begins Before the First Conversation: Why the Future of Leadership Depends on How We Show Up, Not What We Say

By Sylvia Lafair | February 3, 2026 | 0
human connection

Discover why human connection starts with presence, not conversation, and how GLIMMERS shed light on our personal truths.

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Celebrating Thoughtful Leadership: A Shout-Out to Tim Cook

By Sylvia Lafair | January 29, 2026 | 0
Celebrating Thoughtful Leadership

Celebrating thoughtful leadership in times of division, this post highlights how empathy, calm communication, and respect shape stronger workplaces, with Tim Cook’s response serving as a powerful example of leadership that unites rather than divides.

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

By Sylvia Lafair | January 23, 2026 | 0
from time-outs to performance plans

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 Productivity and Trust at Work?

By Sylvia Lafair | January 19, 2026 | 0
What’s Really Undermining

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

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The Split Inside Every Leader That Can Be Healed

By Sylvia Lafair | January 8, 2026 | 0
the split inside

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

By Sylvia Lafair | November 20, 2025 | 0
Next Big Shift in Leadership

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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Lost in Childhood ™: How One Leader Faced His Past Before It Finished Him

By Sylvia Lafair | November 11, 2025 | 0
Young boy in white suit and blue sunglasses holding money, representing childhood wounds and leadership development.

Summary: Most leaders don’t realize this, but destructive workplace behaviors rarely begin at work. They begin in childhood, long before the corner office, long before the first promotion, long before the first glass of wine at a client dinner seemed like no big deal. Keep reading. This is a need-to-know issue important for long-term success.…

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When Pushing Boundaries Feels Like a Battle (But You Know It’s Right)

By Sylvia Lafair | October 30, 2025 | 0
A leader breaking through barriers, symbolizing the emotional and strategic challenges of leading change with courage and empathy.

Summary: Every leader who has ever driven meaningful change knows this moment: you’re pushing forward, stretching the system, and the resistance hits like a wall. It’s not subtle. You can feel it in the silence after you speak, in the sideways glances, in the sudden reappearance of “that’s not how we’ve always done it. And…

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