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Your campus runs on "invisible energy"—

and its mostly yours.

The Leadership Livewire is the weekly newsletter that helps you carry it all, without wearing yourself out.

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Read by hundreds of campus leaders around the country.

Your campus runs on "invisible energy"—

and its mostly yours.

The Leadership Livewire is the weekly newsletter that helps you carry it all, without wearing yourself out.

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Read by hundreds of campus leaders around the country.
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You carry your colleagues’ fear, self-doubt, anger, and longing, all while giving endlessly of yourself

Heightened emotions are contagious. From frustration to disinterest, it all lands on you.

As a leader, your job is to learn to navigate your team’s feelings without owning them— to be on your team and also separate from them.

This means carrying your team’s energy—and then releasing it to reclaim yourself. Carry the charge. Release the charge. Carry. Release. Over and over.

That's why leading is so damn hard.
With The Leadership Livewire in your inbox you'll be able to:
  • Distinguish your colleagues' emotions from your own judgment

  • Develop trust in your expertise and experience

  • Discern when to step up for your team vs. when to step back for you

You carry your campus's charge all week.
Every Thursday, practice putting it down.
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 If The Leadership LiveWire isn't hitting your inbox on Thursdays, you're missing out on one of the most valuable short-form, entertaining, AND useful weekly mini-lessons on how to be a spectacular leader no matter what your title is. Carole's authenticity and honesty are second to none and that's why her content is so relatable. She's not pulling punches and every time I read The Leadership Livewire, I feel inspired and empowered to take action in my own life. Sign up. You won't regret it. 
I’ve decided to unsubscribe from two other colleagues’ newsletters and put yours at the top of my list.
I absolutely appreciated your capacity to share your story. And in doing so, it helped me reframe some of mine.

Is it worth adding one more email to your inbox?

Readers say yes.
If The Leadership LiveWire isn't hitting your inbox on Thursdays, you're missing out on one of the most valuable short-form, entertaining, AND useful weekly mini-lessons on how to be a spectacular leader no matter what your title is. Carole's authenticity and honesty are second to none and that's why her content is so relatable. She's not pulling punches and every time I read The Leadership LiveWire, I feel inspired and empowered to take action in my own life. Sign up. You won't regret it. 

I’ve decided to unsubscribe from two other colleagues’ newsletters and put yours at the top of my list.
I absolutely appreciated your capacity to share your story. And in doing so, it helped me reframe some of mine.

 
 ​​​​​​​What changes when you start reading The Livewire?

Your campus culture won't change overnight, and your job won't magically get easier.

But you'll learn to see the mechanisms behind what's draining you, and strategies for releasing it.

Find greater capacity for...

  • self-trust 
  • seeing how common your campus problems truly are
  • choosing what to take up and what to put down
Waste so much less time...

  • questioning your judgment
  • seeking the "one right way"
  • being drained by other people's emotions
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 Hey there, I'm Carole. 

I was a straight-As, teacher's-pet, obnoxiously-obedient kid who went to grad school to become a professor.

But tenure looked like jail so I took the leadership path. I loved it ... until I didn't.

The better my work was, the more relentless the demands became. It took me time to realize the problem wasn't me.

Now I help campus leaders learn to carry—and release—the charge of leadership.

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 Hey there, I'm Carole. 

I was a straight-As, teacher's-pet, obnoxiously-obedient kid who went to grad school to become a professor.

But tenure looked like jail so I took the leadership path. I loved it ... until I didn't.

The better my work was, the more relentless the demands became. It took me time to realize the problem wasn't me.

Now I help campus leaders learn to carry—and release—the charge of leadership. 

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The better you get at leading, the harder the job gets.

 But it's possible to learn when and how to put some of the burden down. 
"Making choices that work for you isn’t failure." This is the word I needed today. Thank you!
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