Our Women's Conversation podcast series tackles what weighs on women's hearts—from workplace challenges to motherhood, managing chronic pain, and harnessing anger as a messenger. Listen to wisdom from women leaders here:
Coaches: What are you carrying from your work? Join us in Boulder, June 12-14, for three days of supervision work to explore how client dynamics land internally and how to stay oriented when things feel uncertain.
You don't build culture by making people pay the same dues you did. If you're not careful, you build resentment instead. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social on what leaders should ask before mandating RTO.
Founders, the grind was never supposed to be the whole point. If you've lost sight of why you started, this piece will help you reconnect with your purpose and let go of the shoulds.
The instinct to fix is deeply ingrained in leaders. But moving into fix without compassion may compound the very suffering you're trying to solve. This is a conversation worth sitting with.
C-suite burnout isn't just physical exhaustion; it's losing connection to your purpose and true self. How do you know when you're approaching the burnout cliff? Our latest explores the warning signs and recovery path.
Treating employees like adults means being upfront: business comes first, contribution gets recognized, and a company is a community, not a family. Simple truths that most organizations avoid saying out loud.
We've all felt that untethered feeling, when you're floating or gasping when life becomes too much. Our latest Reflection prompt helps you navigate groundlessness by reconnecting with your body, remembering past resilience, and finding small anchoring actions.
Suffering isn't punishment. It isn't personal failure. But how do we make meaning from it without being defined or hardened by it? The latest episode of the Reboot Podcast explores just that.
The best leaders aren't just great talkers. They're great listeners. Listening is a leadership skill that builds trust, reduces misunderstandings, and helps teams perform at their best.
The current corporate exodus from DEI commitments reveals which organizations built inclusion as window dressing versus those who integrated it into their fundamental identity. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social asks: What is the future of DEI in leadership?
Crisis leadership primer from @jerrycolonna.bsky.social:
Put solutions on pause
Listen deeply
Honor your team's pain
Stand on your values
When navigating disaster, true leadership requires compassionate presence, not perfect responses:
Companies promised transparency and 'work family' culture, then couldn't deliver. The result? Eroded trust on both sides. The fix is simpler than you'd think: be honest about what work actually is and what performance requires.
When was the last time you actually listened...and not just waited for your turn to speak? Listening is one of the most powerful leadership skills out there, and most leaders aren't doing it well. It's time to change that.
What sets transformational founders apart from the rest? It's recognizing that "the inner game runs the outer game." Tthe key to sustainable leadership emerges from the willingness to look inward when everything outside feels uncertain.
Leading through a disaster isn't about having the right words; it's about being fully present. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social reveals why showing up, feeling deeply, and witnessing pain matter more than any strategy.
What if your first instinct is actually your smartest move? In this podcast, we explore intuition as a critical leadership skill. Listen and learn:
Teams often sense culture drift before leadership does. Meetings feel different. People stop offering dissenting opinions. Feedback becomes surface-level. Culture doesn't stay aligned on momentum alone. It requires regular recalibration.
The stories we carry with us shape our entrepreneurial journeys. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social explores how embracing your personal narrative (even the painful parts) impacts the people you lead and the legacy you leave behind. www.inc.com/jerry-colonn...
Leadership isn't always a choice; sometimes it chooses you.
@jerrycolonna.bsky.social's latest Inc. column explores what to do when you find yourself leading without ever signing up for it.
Elders aren't made by age. They're made by choosing to stay when it would be easier to disappear, by helping one more person make it through the night. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social on what it means to become an elder.
Promoted to lead former peers? Managing a larger team? Joining a new organization? Each scenario creates unique leadership dynamics. Explore how to navigate your promotion with intention in our latest article:
"'Redemptive leadership is an act of waking up." @jerrycolonna.bsky.social examines how self-discernment enables leaders to retrieve what organizations have lost—whether that's vision, integrity, or the belief that renewal is possible:
When overwhelm makes everything uncertain, sometimes the path forward is inward.
In this journaling exercise, we offer six questions to help you find stability within yourself when external circumstances feel anything but stable.
Ever wonder why leadership positions always seem to find you, even when you don't want them? It might go back further than you think. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social on parentification and the patterns that follow us into leadership.
Many leaders never find the time to understand how their story shapes their leadership. We're creating that space at Spring Retreat Weekend, March 12-15. If you're ready, come work with us in Boulder.
Grief is not something to be managed, but witnessed. In his latest Inc piece, @jerrycolonna.bsky.social reveals the unexpected truth about leading through disaster: true leadership is about presence, not quick fixes.
Culture doesn't break overnight. It drifts through small compromises, quieter feedback, and behaviors that slowly become normalized. The work isn't starting over. It's recognizing what's slipped and intentionally nurturing your way back.
When uncertainty looms large, these books are our quiet companions. From Pema Chodron's teachings on embracing uncertainty to William Stafford's poetic reflections, these pages remind us: You are not alone. You can find strength, even when the path seems unclear.
