Growth Edge Leadership Newsletter
The Growth Edge Leadership Newsletter offers concise, actionable leadership strategies for healthcare professionals. Delivered weekly, each issue features a short video, motivational insights, and expert resources, empowering you to enhance your leadership skills efficiently and effectively.
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The Leadership Work of Repair: Navigating Missteps, Misunderstandings, and Misinterpretations.
In leadership, we often celebrate alignment, chemistry, and shared vision. We highlight the partnerships that “just work.” But what’s far less discussed, and far more instructive, is what happens when they don’t.
In a recent episode of The Curiosity Shop, two thought leaders that I admir...
Apr 01, 2026
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Failure Isn't the Problem. Wasted Failure Is.
Most leaders say they value learning.
Few have a system for it.
Especially when it comes to failure.
We:→ minimize it→ move past it→ or quietly carry it
But we rarely use it well.
And that’s the gap.
Failure isn’t what limits leadership performance.
Unprocessed failure is.
This week’...
Mar 25, 2026
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The Discipline of Self-Awareness Why Humility, Not Ego, Sustains Leadership Performance.
You don’t have to be loud to have an ego.
Even the most thoughtful, analytical, and measured leaders can quietly protect their assumptions, defend their decisions, or resist feedback.
Ego isn’t about personality.It’s about posture.
And humility is the discipline that keeps it in check.
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Mar 11, 2026
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Calm Is A Competitive Advantage: Leading Wisely In A World That Won’t Slow Down.
The pace of change isn’t just accelerating. It’s compounding.
I'm frequently hearing a common theme in coaching sessions:
“It feels like the ground is shifting faster than I can recalibrate.”
My organizational clients are saying the same thing.
Workforce shifts.AI disruption.Margin pressure.Cu...
Mar 04, 2026
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Mentor Early, Mentor Often: The Compounding Advantage Leaders Overlook
Most leaders don’t resist mentorship because they doubt its value.
They resist it because they think it’s something you do later.
Later, when they’re more experienced.Later, when they’re more confident.Later, when they’ve “earned” the right to ask for someone’s time.
That belief quietl...
Feb 18, 2026
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Mentorship vs. Sponsorship: If You Don’t Know the Difference, You’re Limiting Growth.
Mentorship and sponsorship are often used interchangeably.
They shouldn’t be.
While both are essential to leadership development and career progression, they serve very different purposes. And when leaders misunderstand or collapse the distinction, growth stalls in ways that are often invi...
Feb 11, 2026
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Mentorship Is Not a Nice-to-Have. It’s a Performance Strategy.
Mentorship is often talked about as a generous act. A “good leader” behavior. Something nice to do when you have time.
That framing sells it short.
Mentorship isn’t a soft extra layered on top of “real work.” It is real work. And when done well, it’s a powerful performance strategy; for ...
Feb 04, 2026
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The Stewardship of Succession: Why Every Great Leader Plans for What’s Next
Let’s be honest: the idea of succession planning can make even the most confident leaders uneasy.
In a job market defined by uncertainty, the thought of preparing someone to replace you might feel like inviting risk, or worse, irrelevance.
But what if I told you that it’s actually the oppos...
Dec 09, 2025
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Setting Yourself Up to Be Replaceable: How Great Leaders Build Empowered Teams
Many leaders hold tightly to the idea that if they’re always needed, it proves they’re valuable. But the reality is, when everything depends on you, you’re not leading, you’re actually bottlenecking.
Great leadership isn’t about being irreplaceable. It’s about building people, structures, an...
Nov 11, 2025
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Practice vs. Performance: Why Leaders Need More Reps, Not Just More Results
You’ve seen it in every sport.
Athletes spend the vast majority of their time training: practicing drills, conditioning, running plays, rehearsing responses. When game day arrives, it’s only 10% of their time. The other 90% is reps, not results.
But in leadership? The ratio flips.
Most l...
Nov 04, 2025
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Your Leadership Legacy: What Will You Be Known For?
There’s a leader I often think about, a very well-regarded and well-known healthcare executive who was a dear mentor and friend. His accomplishments were many, but what truly set him apart was the way he lived: relentlessly committed to people. He led with heart, mentored with purpose, and show...
Sep 30, 2025
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Your Managers Are Culture Shapers. Skill Them Up with New Leader Launch.
When it comes to employee performance, retention, and engagement, managers are the most influential factor.
Not strategy.
Not pay.
Not perks.
The manager!
And yet, many new managers are often promoted based on past performance, not future preparedness. They’re high-performing individual c...
Jul 31, 2025
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