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Leadership Lessons
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Bite-sized insights grounded in neuroscience and real-world experience.



Why 'Be Your Authentic Self' Is Bad Leadership Advice
If you are always authentic, you bring emotional chaos to the team. When we show up stressed or anxious, the mirror neurons in our colleagues' brains pick up on that, and then they feel that way too. Learn why self-translation is the smarter alternative to unfiltered authenticity.

Shari Starkey
Mar 222 min read


Why Your Brain Goes Offline When You Get That Angry Email (And What to Do About It)
You know the feeling - that accusatory email lands in your inbox and your fingers are itching to fire back immediately. But here's what's actually happening: your brain is processing that social threat the same way it would a physical attack, and blood flow is reducing to your prefrontal cortex - the part responsible for reasoning and emotional regulation. It's not a character flaw, it's biology. Discover the neuroscience behind why we react so strongly to difficult emails an

Shari Starkey
Mar 144 min read


Leadership Isolation: Why Leadership Literally Hurts (And What to Do About It)
The first day I became a leader, people stopped gathering around me. What I didn’t know then was that leadership isolation activates the same brain regions as physical pain.

Shari Starkey
Jan 242 min read
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