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Stop Leading Alone: Why a Strong Tribe Is Essential for Leadership

Stop Leading Alone: Why a Strong Tribe Is Essential for Leadership

by Amy P Wilkins | Sep 22, 2025 | Leadership Development, Messy Middle Leadership, Resilience & Growth

Stop leading alone. A strong Tribe is essential for leadership success, helping you grow confidence, see blind spots, and thrive in the messy middle. I’m a shrimp—5’2 ½” (yes, that half inch matters). Yesterday, as the sun was setting, I snapped a picture of my...
It’s Time for Leaders to Protect Their Most Precious Resource – Their Energy

It’s Time for Leaders to Protect Their Most Precious Resource – Their Energy

by Amy P Wilkins | Sep 15, 2025 | Leadership Mindset, Messy Middle Leadership, Resilience & Growth, Thriving Through Change

Feeling drained by too many priorities? Discover how Awareness, Willingness, and Energy help leaders focus on what truly matters. It was June of 2015. Just a shade past my birthday, and I stumbled upon an article by Mark Manson — The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck.*...
How to Heal and Rebuild After a Toxic Job

How to Heal and Rebuild After a Toxic Job

by Amy P Wilkins | Sep 7, 2025 | Leadership Development, Resilience & Growth, Thriving Through Change

Toxic Jobs can leave scars, but they also teach powerful lessons. Here’s how to heal, rebuild confidence, and carry the gifts forward. Sometimes we see the red flags—and ignore them. We convince ourselves it will be different. We want to believe the next job will be...
How to Build Resilience When Life Gets Messy

How to Build Resilience When Life Gets Messy

by Amy P Wilkins | Sep 1, 2025 | Leadership Development, Resilience & Growth, Thriving Through Change

Sunflowers follow the sun—even on cloudy days. Discover how their resilience offers lessons for navigating the messy middle and finding light. It’s sunflower season and I’m making plans to see these beauties. Why? Because they are nature’s reminder to seek the light....
11 Questions to Ask a New Boss After a Reorg

11 Questions to Ask a New Boss After a Reorg

by Amy P Wilkins | Aug 22, 2025 | Leadership Development, Resilience & Growth, Thriving Through Change

Reorg fatigue is real. Ask these 11 questions to quickly align with a new boss, protect your energy, and lead your team with confidence. There was a stretch in my career where I had seven different bosses in eight years. Nearly one per year. And that was just at the...
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Welcome! These articles are for the thick of it—the messy middle moments that shake your confidence, blur your path, and leave you wondering what’s next. Inside, you’ll find mindset resets to help you stay grounded and move forward with more clarity and care. Growth doesn’t always feel good. It often shows up as doubt, frustration, or fatigue. But every messy middle is an invitation to evolve. Keep showing up. Keep growing. Keep choosing what matters most.

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