Teachers . Not villains. Not projects to fix. Not names you cross out with a permanent red X . Teachers. What if the very people who unsettled you… misread you… undervalued you… gaslit you… refused accountability… withheld respect… were not sent to destroy you — but to develop you ? Since 2020, I have been studying  communication. Not studied. Studying. Present tense. Because communication is not a skill you master. It is a lifelong discipline. I have trained my eyes to n

I didn’t start writing about leadership because I wanted to teach it. I started writing because I had survived it . Since 2013, I have worked under leaders who inspired me— and leaders who slowly hollowed me out. I have watched people bloom under care and wither under control. I have seen trust built carefully over years and destroyed in a single meeting. I have been the leader who did the right thing— and the leader who has caused harm. Both have taught me how seriously lea