Let me ask you something. When did you last feel like your boundaries were truly holding?   Not just the ones you've written down, or the ones you intend to keep but the ones that are actually working. The ones that mean you finish work at a reasonable time, that you're not carrying the weight of the job into your evenings and weekends, that you feel like you're giving from a full place rather than an empty one.   If your answer is 'I'm not sure' or 'it's been a while' — you'

I want to start with something honest (you'd expect nothing less): I didn't always feel like I knew what I was doing.   I worked hard, I cared deeply, I said yes to things that scared me. But for a long time, I wasn't sure what was actually helping me grow and what was just keeping me busy. There's a difference.   Now, after more than a two decades in communications — as a practitioner, a leader, and now as a mentor — I've had the space to look back with a bit more clarity. A

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Why do I talk so much about leadership? As a leader myself (and I’ll be honest it’s taken a while to feel comfy describing myself as a leader - there’s so much in that to reflect on but perhaps in another post), my own experiences, the good, bad and ugly, have really shaped my approach to leadership. I’m not saying I always get it right, I absolutely don’t, but I am continuously learning and improving. Being a leader matters because: You have an opportunity to make positive c