Every healthy relationship, personal or professional, has three entities: Me. You. Us. When all three are fed and cared for, that’s interdependency. You grow. I grow. We grow... together.

Entrepreneurs love to say they value honesty. But the real test comes when someone on your team makes a mistake. Do you punish the honesty... or reward it?

Stop Solving. Start Listening. As leaders, our instinct is to fix things. Someone brings us a problem, and our brains light up. “Let’s solve it.” But sometimes, that instinct (no matter how well-intentioned) crosses into mansplaining.

Most of us think of gaslighting as something that happens in toxic relationships. But it shows up in business all the time, and it’s just as damaging.

Why do we punish honesty? Entrepreneurs love to say they value honesty, until it shows up wrapped in discomfort.

Why do we punish honesty? Entrepreneurs love to say they value honesty, until it shows up wrapped in discomfort.

We often think lies have to be big to matter, but mendacity, a person’s willingness to lie, shows up first in the small stuff.

Entrepreneurs are taught to build systems, strategies, and teams... but rarely to build agreements in their personal lives. Yet everything we create in business is shaped by the relationships that hold us together (or quietly pull us apart).