For a long time, I was fascinated by a question I could not stop noticing in workplaces: why do smart, capable teams so often become cautious, passive, or quietly disconnected? That question has shaped the work I do today as a leadership strategist, author, and founder of The Conscious Leader Co. With more than 18 years of corporate experience and years of coaching Directors, VPs, and people leaders, I help leaders understand how team performance is shaped beneath the surface through decision flow, ownership, and everyday leadership patterns. My book, Disengaged: Turning Passive Teams into Proactive Micro-Cultures, challenges the idea that engagement is simply a people problem and explores how leaders shape the day-to-day environments their teams experience most directly. I’m an ICF-c...