Post by Dr. Natasha M.

The Parent Who Shows Up Is the Parent Who Wins. You could replace "Parent" with "Leader" in that sentence and it holds. Same argument. Same skills. Different room. My son called me last week, just to talk, and I stood afterward and thought: that is the trophy. Not California. Not the game film on the external hard drive I am absolutely never deleting. The phone call with something real in it, from a person I raised, who chose to call me. This week's essay is about what winning actually looks like across fifteen years of standing in gymnasiums, and what it has to do with the leaders whose teams call them when things go sideways. It includes a hospital waiting room in California, Amy Edmondson's research on psychological safety, John Wooden on success, and one question I want you to sit with honestly before you answer. When something goes wrong on your team: are you the first person they tell, or the last? That answer tells you everything. Link in comments. Happy Sunday, and enjoy your slow espresso, or other beverage of choice.