Archive - The Conscious Leader

May 2025

Five Mental Shifts That Turn Juniors Into Seniors

One engineer. Five near-misses. One quiet transformation.

May 25 •

The Perfectly Imperfect Candidate

I had all the right answers until they asked the wrong question

May 18 •

What They Don’t Teach You About Leading Engineers

You think you’re leading minds. You’re not. You’re trying to lead something older, heavier, and far less obedient.

May 11 •

The Leader You Swore You’d Never Become

Jeff checked every box: right people, right calls, right outcomes. And then one question cracked the whole thing open.

May 4 •

April 2025

March 2025

Why your team won’t listen to you

You set the priorities. You repeat yourself. You make it clear. And still—nothing changes. Here’s why.

Mar 2 •

February 2025

3 Steps I Took to Stop Losing My Best People

At Yahoo, my top engineers quit long before they handed in their resignations. I didn’t lose them when they quit. I lost them long before.

Feb 23 •

How to Push Back on Bad Ideas (Without Killing Your Career)

The most dangerous word in an executive meeting is 'no.' My boss was about to say it—to the CTO of Fortune 1.

Feb 16 •

Most engineering leaders die defending the wrong hill

They master the code but miss the code behind the code—the human operating system that actually runs their team.

Feb 2 •

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