Speaker • Researcher • Writer
Leadership cannot be understood by examining the leader alone.
I study what leaders bring, the conditions around them, and what becomes possible when we learn to read both.
Explore the work
You were never the only variable in the room.
And you are still one of them.
Speaking
My talks help audiences read what leaders bring, the conditions around them, and what becomes possible when both are understood together.
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For leadership audiences
What you are carrying, what the conditions are asking, where the consequences are landing, and what responsibility requires next.
For executives
What becomes possible, difficult, rewarded, or expensive because of how you lead?
For leaders navigating changing conditions
What do you need to understand about the ground you are standing on before you decide how to lead?
Why I examine this
“I could not keep examining the leader as if the leader were the only variable.”
I had done the leadership work myself. I could name the leader I wanted to be. Then I watched leaders in my practice do the same work and return to familiar behavior.
That sent me into the research. I began examining what leaders bring, the ground they stand on, how they are received, and the latitude actually available to them.
Follow the question into the research →Explore the work
The research, long-form essays, and Notes From the Work carry the ideas at different depths.
Evidence + framework
What am I actually studying?
The research examines the relationship between what leaders bring and the conditions around them through Authorship, Permission, Terrain, and Reception.
Explore the research →Ideas worth staying with a little longer.
Essays + questions
What is worth staying with longer?
Long-form essays and practical questions about what belongs to you, what belongs to others, what belongs to the room, and what becomes clearer when you resist the urge to answer too quickly.
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Thinking in motion
What am I noticing now?
What I am noticing, testing, reconsidering, and carrying out of the research, the practice, and the leadership rooms I am in.
Read Notes From the Work →From the room
Reflections from audiences and event leaders after Nayli’s talks.
You could feel the energy shift in the room. Women opened up, strangers became connections, and I watched women realize they weren’t alone.
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Her keynote was one of the highest rated sessions of the entire event.
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She put language to something I had felt for years. Succeeding is not only doing the job well, it is constantly calculating how you are being received.
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I filled pages and pages with notes. Leadership is not only the courage to speak up, it is the judgment to know when, how, and when to listen.
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Tell me about the room, what your audience is navigating, and what you want them to leave able to see or do differently.
