We all have blind spots. Even coaches. Even seasoned executives. Even the leaders who look like they have it all figured out from the outside.

The start of the year is the perfect time for a leadership pause. This leadership audit offers powerful reflection questions to help you assess your impact, energy, blind spots, and priorities—so you can move forward with intention rather than urgency.

It is natural to get defensive when receiving negative feedback. Our brains treat criticism as a form of social threat, and we respond as if we’ve just been cornered.

You were peers—grabbing coffee before meetings, eye-rolling over policy changes, maybe even venting about management. But now, your coworker is now your boss. And to make things more complicated… now you don’t like them.