Donnie Lafferty

When leaders talk about energy, we usually think about sleep, health, stress, and workload. All of that matters. But I believe there is another part of the conversation we…

The meeting started the way tense meetings usually do — quiet. Not the calm kind. The careful kind.

Losing your team doesn’t happen in a blow-up meeting. It happens quietly. People check out. They stop pushing. They nod in meetings… and then do the bare minimum. Not because they…

There’s a question sitting quietly beneath many leadership conversations right now: What do we still know for sure?

Early in my career, I worked at a YMCA in North Carolina, and every day began at the front deskwith Bertha.

We live in a time when connection is everywhere—and somehow harder to find. We message more than ever, work around people all day, and scroll through endless updates. Yet many…