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1You often say that businesses don't have a mental health awareness problem—they have a timing problem. What do you mean by that, and why is it such an important distinction?
2You describe emotional intelligence as an early warning system rather than a leadership soft skill. How can leaders use it to prevent burnout, disengagement, and turnover before they happen?
3You've spent 25 years in corporate leadership and now work with both Ivy League universities and businesses. What leadership lessons transfer across those very different environments?
4Psychological safety has become a popular buzzword, but what does it actually look like in a healthy workplace, and why do so many organizations get it wrong?
5You teach leaders to have the conversations most people avoid. Why are honest conversations so difficult, and how can leaders deliver difficult feedback without damaging trust?
6Your workshops use LEGO® Serious Play® to uncover issues that people often struggle to verbalize. Why does working with metaphor reveal things that traditional meetings and surveys miss?
7You've spoken openly about your own journey through addiction and recovery. How has that experience shaped the way you think about leadership, resilience, and helping people reach their potential?
8Your bestselling book, How to Be a BADASS, is about much more than confidence. What inspired you to write it, and what do you hope readers take away from it?
9Through your UNBRICKABLE™ methodology, you're helping organizations build emotional fitness before people reach crisis point. What are the biggest mistakes companies make when trying to improve workplace wellbeing?
10If every CEO or people leader listening today could make just one change tomorrow that would have the biggest impact on their culture, what would you tell them to do first?