Dear Reader Maa Katyayani is associated with strength and courage. Today’s leadership reflection is about a quieter form of courage: having the conversation you keep postponing. Perhaps you need to: Discuss your readiness for a larger role. Address repeated underperformance. Challenge an unrealistic commitment. Set a boundary with a demanding stakeholder. Avoidance may bring temporary relief. The underlying issue usually remains. Today’s action: Prepare your opening using three elements:...

Dear Reader Many senior professionals have mentors. People they can call for advice. Who listen. Who share perspective. That's valuable. But here's a question worth sitting with: When a promotion or a big role is being discussed and you're not in the room… who is saying your name? That person isn't a mentor. That's a sponsor. A mentor gives you advice. A sponsor spends their credibility on you. Because it costs them something, sponsorship isn't handed out. It's earned. Sponsors tend to back...

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