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,
Think about the last time you left a meeting, a conversation, or even just a full workday feeling completely wiped out. And I don't mean tired. I mean that specific kind of exhaustion where you can't even explain what went wrong. Nothing blew up. Nobody said anything terrible. You just feel...depleted.
That feeling has a name. It's an energy leak. And most of us have been living ...
Hey {{first_name}},
I've been working on something for a few weeks now; and I'm finally ready to share it with you!
I want to tell you who it's for because I think you'll know immediately whether that's you.
for the woman who has been everyone's go-to;Â
for the one who shows up for everyone; who figures it out; always.Â
for the one who is trying her best to build confidence because she's sick ...
Hey Bold Soul,
I want to tell you about a phrase that changed my life.
Not a quote I read somewhere. Not something a mentor said to me. Something I started saying to myself; quietly at first; every time I caught myself doing the thing I knew I needed to stop.
*I don't do that anymore.*
Here's where it started.
After the mirror moment I told you about last week; after "you are your assignment" b...
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