Studies show that two years after executive transitions, anywhere between 27 and 46 percent of them are regarded as failures.

Once pressure exceeds our ceiling, decline is inevitable. But in leadership today, the ceiling isn’t fixed. It can be raised, if leaders expand their adaptive capacity. And that expansion is a choice.

Once pressure exceeds our ceiling, decline is inevitable. But in leadership today, the ceiling isn’t fixed. It can be raised, if leaders expand their adaptive capacity. And that expansion is a choice.

What a mountain taught me about trust. We often say trust is slow, earned over months or years. But this climb taught me something different.

Leadership isn’t clear-cut. It’s not either/or - it’s both. Strength and softness. Clarity and uncertainty. Action and pause. This edition is about the power of holding tension without losing yourself in it.

Moments like these call for clarity, courage, and self-mastery. There’s no quick fix — what steadies you isn’t tactics, but the inner strength built in quieter seasons.