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Blog with Linnea
LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS THAT ACTUALLY WORK
Real Talk About the Challenges You're Facing
Every week, I share practical leadership insights for the real challenges you're dealing with, at work and in life. No fluff. No theory. Just honest, actionable wisdom from someone who's been there.
Whether you're a new supervisor navigating your first difficult conversation, a mid-level manager building your team, or a seasoned executive shaping culture, you'll find insights here that help you lead better.
One Year! (And a Little Bit More)
Here's what this year has taught me: you learn by doing. By setting goals. By having dreams and actually sticking to them. By living it.
A year ago, I set a goal to share my leadership experiences through this blog. I didn't know if anyone would read it. I didn't know if I'd have enough to say. I didn't know how it would fit into my already busy life. I had doubts. I had fears. I had a million reasons why it might not work.
But I set a plan. I created a path. And I dove in.
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3 days ago4 min read
Leadership Self-Awareness: Knowing Your Blind Spots (And Why It Matters Most)
If you're reading this and wondering how self-aware you actually are, that's a good sign. People who completely lack self-awareness don't ask that question.
Here's how to develop it:
Pay attention to the cringe. When you look back at an interaction and something doesn't sit right, don't dismiss it. Explore it. What about it bothers you? What would you do differently?
Notice the patterns. If you keep having the same problem with different people, the problem isn't them. It'
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5 days ago8 min read
Leadership Curiosity: Why Staying Curious Keeps You Relevant (And What Happens When You Stop)
The pace of change isn't slowing down. Technology like AI is transforming how we work. Generational dynamics are shifting as new generations enter the workforce and older ones retire. Best practices evolve.
Leaders who stay curious adapt to these changes. They learn new tools. They understand new perspectives. They adjust their approaches based on new information.
Leaders who think they already know everything become increasingly irrelevant. They keep doing things the way t
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Mar 257 min read
Leadership Courage: Having the Hard Conversations You'd Rather Avoid
Here's the thing. Procrastinating having a difficult conversation doesn't make it easier. It actually makes it harder.
Most of the time, the conversations aren't those that I didn't have, because I am not afraid to have a difficult conversation. It's that I waited too long to have it.
Let's use a performance matter as the example. Then let's put ourselves in the shoes of being the person with the performance issue. How would you feel if your boss came to you and told yo
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Mar 237 min read
Leadership Decisiveness: Making Calls with Imperfect Information (And Living with the Results)
When you're decisive, even when you're wrong sometimes, people trust you more than when you're perpetually uncertain. Because they know you'll move things forward. They know projects won't languish. They know you'll take responsibility for the direction you're setting.
And when you do make the wrong call, when you realize your hiring decision was a mistake or your strategic direction needs to change, your decisiveness shows up there too. You acknowledge it. You adjust. You m
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Mar 116 min read
Leadership Accountability: Why Taking Ownership Matters More Than Being Right
I worked with someone who wouldn't take accountability for anything.
Well, unless it was taking credit for something. For that, credit would be taken. If they made a mistake however, the finger was pointed. The idea they were presenting suddenly became someone else's. The decision they had made became a decision they were overturning.
Often this person did all of this behind the backs of others. We watched relationships crumble and trust fail and had no idea why.
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Mar 96 min read
Leadership Adaptability: Leading Through Change When Everything Falls Apart
Adaptability isn't about being a pushover. It's not about abandoning your values or flip-flopping on important decisions. It's not about saying yes to every change that comes along.
Adaptability is your ability to adjust your approach when circumstances change. To stay effective when the plan falls apart. To lead through uncertainty without pretending you have it all figured out.
It's recognizing when the path you're on isn't working anymore and being willing to find a diff
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Mar 47 min read
Effective Leadership Communication: Finding the Line Between Too Much and Too Little
I'm very imperfect in communication. Not to say I don't study what works, what doesn't, and make many attempts to regularly do better. But effective communication is hard.
The line between too much and too little communication is so fine it's missed often. And here's what makes it even harder: the location of that line changes based on who you're working with, what the topic is, the day or time, the feelings of the other person, and so much more.
A perfect way to communicat
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Mar 27 min read
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