Mar 10
When your title doesn't fit anymore
The more space you create, the louder the misalignment gets. And the titles that pinch most are the ones you never chose.
3 min read
Marissa Brassfield
Trusted advisor, simplifier, and loving catalyst of your biggest and best initiatives. Discovering how to stretch time, maximize ease, and optimize work-life alignment.
Mar 09
Your Brain After Baby: The Leadership Upgrade Nobody Talks About
Neuroscience confirms pregnancy rewires the brain for enhanced leadership. The 'mommy brain' myth is dead. Here's what the data actually shows.
7 min read
Mar 06
Your Heart Rate Is Leadership Data. 72 Billion Dollars Says So.
CEOs are wearing heart rate monitors to boardrooms. Your body has been generating leadership data all along. Here's how to start reading it.
7 min read
Mar 04
55% of CEOs Struggle. The Real Problem: No One to Tell.
A Fortune 500 CEO I coached scheduled our calls for 6 AM. It was the only hour when he wasn't performing. 55% of CEOs experienced mental health issues last year, and half report significant loneliness. The structure of leadership creates the struggle.
5 min read
Mar 03
That knot in your stomach knows something
My body was right. My head was also right. The body just had more information.
3 min read
Feb 27
Why Working Less Won't Fix Your Burnout
A client took Fridays off to recover from burnout. Six weeks in, she felt worse. The research now confirms: cognitive strain, not hours worked, is the primary driver of executive burnout.
6 min read
Feb 25
Why Fractional Work Is Risk Mitigation, Not Career Regression
The question came during a one-on-one with a VP of Engineering who'd spent 15 years at Google. "If I go fractional, doesn't that signal I couldn't make it work full-time?"
10 min read
Feb 24
You don't have to earn rest
Rest isn't a reward for productivity. It's a prerequisite for leadership that lasts.
4 min read
Feb 23
The Hidden Pattern in Career Transitions: Why High Performers Struggle Most
The client sitting across from me had built an extraordinary career. VP at a Fortune 500 tech company. Led teams through three successful acquisitions. And she was completely frozen trying to figure out what came next.
9 min read
Feb 20
Forced Emergence vs. Allowed Emergence: Why Strategic Plans Fail When You Schedule Creativity
My workweek is 50% as long as it was in 2019. My highest-leverage results happen in about 4 hours a week. And they almost never happen during the blocks I've labeled "strategic thinking."
7 min read
Feb 18
The Sunday Scaries Returned: What Your Weekend Dread Is Actually Telling You
For the first time in years, the Sunday scaries came back. They weren't measuring how hard my job was. They were measuring alignment.
5 min read
Feb 17
I stopped tracking my time
What happened when I stopped tracking time and started paying attention to something more useful.
3 min read