I wasn't always the person that was engaged and trusting.
Many years ago, I was involved with a team that was starting to not operate in the most efficient way. Engagement was low. People were going around me to my manager instead of coming directly to me. People were doing this with others. Th...
You hit every goal. You earned every award. And yet something still feels off.
I know that feeling intimately.
For years, I was a consistent President's Club earner. Exceeding quota. Bringing in revenue. Collecting recognition. By every external measure, I was winning. But beneath the surface, ...
There is a fine line between excellence and control. A lot of high performers do not realize when they have crossed it. Once it's crossed, it becomes challenging to go back.
What starts as care and helping others can become gripping. It often starts as a commitment and, day by day, turns into ove...
Imagine this. You have been up early; in meetings all day; answering emails; solving problems; on go the entire time. You barely stopped to eat. You are over caffeinated; tired; wired; already mentally spent.
You wanted to spend time with family. You wanted to do something you love. You really wa...
Last week brought me back to something I’ve seen over and over again in my work.
I spent time with more than 60 leaders in one room, and I also had 5+ 1:1 coaching conversations, and across all of it, the same pattern kept showing up.
Not in skill and not in capability.
In how people were thinkin...
Last summer, I was standing in my condo late one morning, iPhone in my hand, about to make one of the biggest investments I had ever made in myself and my brand-new business.
There was no tangible product, other than promised pages in a report that would help guide my brand. No guaranteed return....
For a long time, I believed my edge was my availability.
Fast response time. Saying yes to everything. Working at an insane intensity. Always proving myself. It worked so well, until it didn’t.
What many high performers don’t realize is this: the very habits that help you rise can also be the one...
By Radia Carr | January 13, 2026
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Leadership Presence Without Confidence; Calm Authority When You’re Nervous
I’m going to say something that might annoy people.
“Executive presence” makes a lot of leaders cringe; and I get why.
It’s often treated like a personality type; loud; bold; extroverted;...
By Raid Carr | January 20, 2026
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If pushing through discomfort automatically made you stronger, the hardest workers would also be the healthiest, happiest, and most fulfilled. That is clearly not the case.
There is a massive difference between pushing through discomfort and burning yourself into...
By Radia Carr | January 27, 2026
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If you’ve ever caught yourself thinking, “I just want to be liked,” I want to say this gently but clearly: that’s rarely about leadership. It’s usually about safety. And people-pleasing behavior.Â
Underneath that sentence is often a fear of rejection, a fear of ...
By Radia Carr | February 3, 2026
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It is February already.Thirty one days into a brand new year.
And if you are anything like most mid level leaders, executives, salespeople, and founders I talk to, you started January with good intentions and then work did what work always does. It expanded. It ...
By Radia Carr | February 10, 2026
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Fear has a distinct energy when a big opportunity is on the line.
Not the normal nerves you might feel before a busy day. Not the normal pressure of a deadline. It comes as a kind of fear that makes you aware of your heartbeat. You start to feel the tightening ...
