I am not here to tell you how to lead.
I am here to remind you of what you already know about leadership — so your team can achieve its goals without anger, fear and burnout.
What I have seen
I have watched accomplished, competent leaders who sold their companies to private equity firms, ending lonely and overwhelmed – caught between financial pressure, an overstated sense of responsibility for results they couldn’t control, playbooks that didn’t work, and team structures they held on to long after they stopped working.
Outcomes are never guaranteed. But when leaders lose their own sense of where they stand and where they want to go, a sense for the momentum, good outcomes become very unlikely. And most leaders eventually take a spiritual hit – ending in burnout, anger or frustration.
It doesn’t have to be that way, if you patiently pay attention to the signs inside of yourself.
Ambiguity is an opportunity
Ambiguity and challenges – a PE transition, the AI revolution, changing market demands come with opportunities for every leader. But it takes time to notice them and to seize them.
Is this for you?
If you just want to ride the wave — be led by whatever the PE playbook says, or follow the latest hype in your LinkedIn feed — I am not the right person.
If you believe that leading a team starts with looking realistically at yourself, and you value your mental and physical health so you can be at your best for your team and others, I am here to help you.