The Manager’s Compass
Welcome to the practice of Leadership Cartography™. Each post maps the terrain of modern leadership. Helping you navigate challenges, build confidence, and lead with steadiness.
In an AI world, judgment is your edge. Cartography builds it.
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6 Common Signs of Manager Burnout (And How to Fix Them)
Burnout isn’t just “too much work.” It’s when recovery slows and leadership costs more energy than the system returns. Here are 6 early signs—and the smallest resets that help.
The End of the Manufacturing Age: And the Identities We Built Inside It
The manufacturing age taught us to equate productivity with identity. AI is exposing the limits of that model. This is not the collapse of human value — it’s the return to it.
Why Most Leadership Development Keeps You Lost (And What Actually Works)
You've taken the assessments. Read the books. Hired the coach. But you still feel like you're performing leadership instead of practicing it. Here's what I've learned after 25 years: The leadership development industry has been solving the wrong problem. We've been asking "What should leaders do?" when we should ask "Who are you when you lead?" There are five distinct navigation pathways—Heart, Support, Purpose, Together, Precision—and understanding yours changes everything.
Leadership Cartography: The Discipline That Emerged Into Existence Over a Lifetime of Following the Trail
As a child, I spent hours exploring maps with my fingertips. I would trace topographical lines and imagine myself traveling through elevations I'd never actually walk. In May 2024, I created an image of the mapmaker's room—not knowing why, just knowing I needed to see it. Eighteen months later, I finally named what I'd been building my entire life: Leadership Cartography™.
