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He saved babies’ lives while being paid as a janitor.
Vivien Thomas aspired to become a doctor and demonstrated the intellectual capacity, discipline, and aptitude required for medical training. He saved every dollar from his carpenter job, toward medical school, certain he was building a future with his own hands. Then the stock market crashed. This was 1929 and the Great Depression that followed, didn’t…
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Who are you beneath the Résumé?
The return to the self you never actually lost. We talk about identity as if it’s something we build over time, you know, like a staircase made of accomplishments, roles, promotions, and the stories other people tell about us. But identity doesn’t accumulate. It gets covered. Over a lifetime of performing, achieving, leading, and holding…
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What to do when we Feel Estranged from Ourselves
There are days when you can’t quite locate you. Not the professional who knows what to say in a meeting, or the facilitator who helps others find alignment — but the person beneath all of that. The part of you that remembers what it feels like to be connected, grounded, whole. And when that part…
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Do you Truly Know the People on your Team?
Most leaders can tell you their revenue targets. Many can recite their growth strategy or name their most profitable clients. But ask them what actually holds their team together and their silence tells you everything. That’s where The One Question Every Business Must Answer™ comes in: What will it really take to leverage your people-potential…
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Everyone Sounds Smart until Presented with a Blank Page
We live in an age where confidence often passes for competence. When someone speaks with authority — especially a respected leader or familiar voice — we rarely pause to ask how deeply they actually understand what they’re talking about. We also live in a culture that rewards sounding smart. Yet we don’t always stop to…
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Bragging is Allowed
When you read/saw this title – did it make you feel uncomfortable? The thought of you bragging? Did it go against the grain of everything you know to be true? Did thoughts of pride and falling surface? Some days your ego shows up like a karaoke star—Notice me. Applaud me. Hand me the mic. It…
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How Unkindness to Self Leaks into How We Lead
The way we lead ourselves, sets the tone for how we lead others and how we treat ourselves inevitably spills over into how we treat everyone else. In the Bible’s book of Esther, there’s a man named Haman. He’s consumed with ego, resentment, and the need to be recognized. When one man, Mordecai, refuses to…
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The “In Between”: The Part Most Owners and Leaders Take for Granted
One of my friends recently shared her frustration. She’s one of the people who actually moves the needle. The one who anticipates problems before they happen. Who simplifies the complex. Who makes hard things look effortless. And because she’s that good, she often gets lumped into a blanket “thanks to everyone” message that feels like…
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If the Unions Protect the Rights of Employees – Who Protects the Rights of the Employer?
Have you ever had a situation get completely out of hand only to have it come and bite you in your butt and causing you to swear that “you shoulda do what you were supposed to do a long time ago?” Let me get even clearer still. You have an employee on staff that you…
Clarity BEFORE Execution. Structure BEFORE Speed
High-stakes decisions deserve disciplined thinking
You don’t need to move faster.
You need to reduce unnecessary risk.
When your decision affects income, reputation, or stability,
pause with structure before you act.
Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Advisory for Leaders Under Pressure 