Hi Reader, Iâm thrilled to share some big news with you todayâŚmy new leadership book, The Meeting Room, is officially LIVE on Amazon! This book has been years in the making. Itâs a leadership fable about a brand-new team lead trying to navigate messy meetings, strong personalities, and the pressure to âget it rightâ when everything feels overwhelming. Inside the story, I teach the same tools Iâve used with leaders for yearsâsimple, practical meeting strategies and what I call âRebeccaâs...
10 days ago â˘Â 1 min read
Hi Reader, Iâve been waiting a long time to share this with you. In just two days, the print edition of my leadership fable, The Meeting Room, will officially be available! If youâve ever walked into a meeting and felt the energy dip⌠If youâve ever tried to lead a team and wondered, âWhy is this so complicated?â If youâve ever watched a conversation fall apart and wished you had a clear path forward⌠This book is for you. The Meeting Room follows Joan, a newly promoted team lead who steps...
13 days ago â˘Â 1 min read
Hi Reader, After 31 years of leading teams in the energy sector, I wrote the book I wish had existed when I started. It's called The Meeting Room: Navigating the Complexity of Being a Team Lead. This book is for anyone who's ever walked out of a meeting thinking "there has to be a better way." It's 25 practical rules for making meetings work, told through characters you'll recognize from your own conference roomsâthe first-time team lead, the know-it-all, the quiet one, and a mentor helping a...
21 days ago â˘Â 1 min read
Itâs here. The leadership book that changes how you see every meeting. After years of watching brilliant teams stall in rooms full of talk and no traction, I wrote The Meeting Roomâa leadership story that shows what happens when meetings become instruments of transformation. Through the journey of Joan Harperâa first-time team leadâyouâll see how chaos turns into clarity and how conflict becomes a spark for creativity. Itâs not theory. Itâs what leadership feels like when it finally clicks....
about 1 month ago â˘Â 1 min read
Hi friends, Weâve all sat through them â meetings that drain energy, stall decisions, and leave everyone wondering, couldnât this have been an email? But what if meetings werenât the problem?What if they were the greatest untapped lever for leadership, trust, and transformation? That question sparked my new book, The Meeting Room, launching November 28.Itâs a leadership story â part narrative, part guide â about a new team lead named Joan who discovers that running meetings isnât about...
about 1 month ago â˘Â 1 min read
Hi friends, I wanted to take a moment to share where I am on this wild, beautiful journey with my new book:The Meeting Room. The manuscript is in its final stage of editing (cue the deep exhale). My beta readers have been generous and encouraging â their feedback confirms that this story is striking a chord with the leaders and facilitators it was written for. It hasnât been easy. Writing this book has stretched me in every possible way â creatively, emotionally, and spiritually. But every...
about 2 months ago â˘Â 1 min read
Hi Reader, I wanted to share a quick story from a workshop I led on Saturday. Within minutes of starting, people began opening up about things that rarely get said out loudâconfidence, mental health, self-belief. By the end, they were laughing, reflecting, and realizing they already had what it takes to lead with purpose. One of the participants said, âYou made the space feel safe and human.â That meant everything to meâbecause itâs exactly what my new book The Meeting Room is about. Itâs the...
2 months ago â˘Â 1 min read
Hi Reader, Milestone moment: the draft for the âFriction Zoneâ chapter in The Meeting Room is finished! It digs into why conflict in meetings isnât a bad thingâitâs often the birthplace of clarity and innovation. That said, clarity doesnât just happen in meetingsâit starts with who you are as a leader. Thatâs why Iâm running the Leadership Leap Live Experience on Oct 4. In 90 minutes, youâll define your leadership values, create a vision, and walk away with a 30-day action plan. đ Save Your...
2 months ago â˘Â 1 min read
Hi Reader, Quick reminder â Leadership Leap Live Experience is happening this Saturday, October 4 at 10:00 AM ET. If youâve been meaning to firm up your leadership identity and momentum before year-end, this is your moment. In 90 focused minutes, you will: Identify your core leadership values Craft a clear vision & simple mantra Build a realistic 30-day action plan you can stick to Align your calendar, commitments, and habits with who you want to be Use AI as your accountability partner to...
2 months ago â˘Â 1 min read