Being the Leader
You’d Want
to Follow
Your team doesn’t need another strategy. They need you.
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My Path to
This Work
I spent my early career in theater, where every production required recognizing and working within new team dynamics. When I transitioned into tech, I was surprised to discover how transferable that sensitivity was across very different environments: a small organization with a handful of engineers, a mid-size startup finding its footing, and a Fortune 1000 company with thousands of people.
The difference between a team that worked and one that didn’t was something I could feel long before I understood why.
Along the way, I started dancing. First Salsa in Mexico, then Two-Step in Texas. Learning to lead on the dance floor helped me find the language for what I’d always felt but couldn’t articulate: that the buy-in a leader does or doesn’t get is shaped by how it feels to follow them.
I became fascinated with a question I couldn’t find anyone else addressing: what does it mean to lead well when people will respond differently to the same leadership?
There is no such thing as effective leadership in a vacuum. It’s always relative to the people in the room.
Today I bring that lens, supported by research and experience, to organizations, helping those that lead recognize dynamics they haven’t thought to look for before and develop the skills to lead in such a way that people will be thrilled to follow.
When people feel well led, they buy in rather than simply comply. That buy-in brings out their best work, more creativity, more efficiency, better collaboration. And people who feel satisfied stick around, not because they’re waiting for their options to vest or last year’s bonus, but because it feels good to bring themselves to their work. Learn more about how I work with teams and organizations →