What Your Employees Tell Me (That Leaders Rarely Hear)
Feb 11, 2026
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Hey Bold Soul,
I want to talk about something that comes up constantly in my work, and I do mean constantly.
People tell me things. In leadership coaching sessions, in team workshops, in the quiet moments after everyone else has logged off or left the room. They tell me things they haven’t said to their boss, and sometimes things they haven’t even fully admitted to themselves yet. Not because anyone has done something “wrong,” but because when you’re reporting to someone, there’s always a level of filtering that happens. That’s just being human.
In this week’s Embrace Your Inner Boldness episode, I share the themes I hear again and again.
Not names. Not specifics. Just patterns that leaders need to understand if they want to keep good people, build trust, and create workplaces where humans can actually thrive.
Hey Bold Soul,
There's a lot happening in the world right now, and we might not say it out loud, but it's heavy. It feels incredibly loud sometimes, and divided most of the time. I've had so many moments where I've wondered what I can actually do that makes a real difference. Not something complicated, just something within my control, my sphere of influence, something real.
That's why it stopp...
Hey, Bold Soul,
There’s this phrase people throw around a lot: "take your power back."
It sounds dramatic, like there’s some big moment where you suddenly flip a switch and everything changes. But in my experience, that’s not really how it works.
Taking your power back usually shows up in the small moments. The everyday situations where you catch yourself shrinking, overexplaining, apologizing,...
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Hey, Bold Soul,
This week on the Embrace Your Inner Boldness podcast I shared one of the most personal stories I’ve ever said out loud. I walked through the timeline of my life and how the work I do today with Becoming Bold was shaped by the environments I grew up ...
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