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Better humans make better leaders. Hi, we’re Reboot. We help grow, nurture, and empower individuals, teams, and organizations via coaching, 360° reviews, team experiences, and more.

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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Paying for your own coaching? Your company might be glad to cover it. Drawing on years in HR, Reboot coach Angela McKenna explains why leaders who advocate for their development often get a warmer response than those pushing for promotions or raises. www.reboot.io/an-investmen...
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An Investment in You Is an Investment in All
How do you want to invest in your own leadership in the year to come? Why are we so hesitant to advocate for investment in ourselves?
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The end of suffering isn’t the end of pain. It’s the capacity to say, "This hurts, and I am still here." @jerrycolonna.bsky.social, @sharonsalzberg.bsky.social, and George Loewenstein explore how changing our relationship to pain can transform our lives. buff.ly/7RAUJGO
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Diversity without welcome is display. Without integration, hollow. Without shared power, performance. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social on the work of inviting difference into the room without punishing it for being different. www.reboot.io/a-candle-at-...
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A Candle at the Threshold of Belonging
What do we leave behind when we narrow the circle, when we teach our children that the stranger is the enemy, when we allow the frightened parts of ourselves to set the terms of public life?
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
When leaders avoid conflict, micromanage, or talk over their teams, it's often a symptom of deeper struggles. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social on how your unresolved patterns can distort your entire organization, and what to do about it. athyna.notion.site/How-Self-Awa...
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Most leaders plan for succession too late and think about it too shallowly. The real work starts with an honest look in the mirror: who are you now, what does your organization need, and are those answers still the same? www.reboot.io/succession-p...
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Succession Planning: Ground, Fruition & the Path
Succession planning seems like something both natural and necessary. Here's our advice for making it simple, easy, and effective.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
When was the last time you worked through a hard decision without asking AI first? Reboot CEO @jerrycolonna.bsky.social breaks down "cognitive offloading," why it quietly erodes what makes leaders effective, and why self-awareness matters every time you lean on AI. buff.ly/AXQzKdq
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Is AI Coming For Your Thoughts?
As leaders, the cost of outsourcing our thinking to machines is steeper than we realize.​
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Can algorithms replace human presence in therapy? Dr. Jud Brewer breaks down what AI actually is, prediction machines, and why that's fundamentally different from genuine connection. www.reboot.io/episode/182-...
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#182 - What AI Therapy Misses: The Power of Human Presence - with Dr. Judson Brewer
Jerry Colonna sits down with Dr. Judson Brewer to explore the hidden risks and surprising possibilities of AI-powered therapy.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A one-off bonus feels great, but it's short-lived. An investment in your development and coaching keeps paying off, shaping how you feel about your role and your company long after the payout is spent. An investment in you is an investment in all. buff.ly/3dF5RAh
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An Investment in You Is an Investment in All
How do you want to invest in your own leadership in the year to come? Why are we so hesitant to advocate for investment in ourselves?
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fierce self-reliance can become both courage and an inability to ask for help. Caretaking can become empathy and a compulsion to rescue. Our greatest strengths and our biggest blind spots often come from the same place. www.reboot.io/whats-your-o...
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What's Your Origin Story?
Your origin story matters. Knowing where you came from allows to be more free to choose who you’ll be next.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Most leaders aren't afraid of AI, but the anxiety around it is real, especially for teams wondering what it means for their jobs. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social shares how leaders can bring AI in with transparency while keeping the human impact front and center. www.forbes.com/councils/for...
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Is AI Coming For Your Thoughts?
As leaders, the cost of outsourcing our thinking to machines is steeper than we realize.​
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We negotiate salary, promotions, and equity with confidence. So why do we hesitate to ask our company to invest in our development? Reboot coach Angela McKenna shares why that ask is worth making, and how it pays off for you and your company. www.reboot.io/an-investmen...
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An Investment in You Is an Investment in All
How do you want to invest in your own leadership in the year to come? Why are we so hesitant to advocate for investment in ourselves?
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Belonging isn't the absence of pain. It's the presence of people who help us bear it. On why uncertainty shared is never as frightening as uncertainty faced alone: buff.ly/ZvjawFa
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The Fractured Self in Fractured Times: A Call for Reunification
The fractures we see around us—political, social, spiritual—are outward reflections of our own inner dislocations. When we exile parts of ourselves—the fearful, the tender, the ashamed—we also exile…
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The counterintuitive move for a burned-out founder isn't to push harder. It's to pause. Not quit, pause. Because stopping long enough to hear yourself again might be the most strategic thing a leader ever does. www.inc.com/lucia-auerba...
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Most coaches have a mentor, a therapist, or a peer group. Very few have a supervisor. Most assume they don't need one. Here's what changes when you have one. www.reboot.io/episode/extr...
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Extras #28 - Beyond Mentoring: Exploring the Essential Role of Supervision in Coaching
Jerry Colonna and Liz Stewart dive into the heart of coaching supervision: what it is, why it’s vital, and how it differs from mentoring.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We coach the whole team, not just the individual. Our I-We-It model recognizes that lasting transformation requires tending to how people see themselves, relate to others, and move through work together. buff.ly/xXchK3g
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How We Work: The Reboot Approach to Executive Coaching
We don't offer quick fixes. We could, but that wouldn’t solve anything in the long run. Here's how Reboot's approach to coaching is different.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What kind of company do you want to work for? Reboot's leadership development modules offer tools, frameworks, reflection, and skills practice for managers at all levels of your organization. Ready to do the work? Connect with us here: www.reboot.io/service/team...
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Team Experiences
Reboot's Leadership Team Development is a custom-designed experience for your leadership team, from executive offsites and retreats to immersive trainings.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Leadership comes with the power to pause and reflect, but you have to build the habit. Most situations that seem urgent aren't. Allow yourself the space to step back and consider with a clear head. www.inc.com/jerry-colonn...
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https://www.inc.com/jerry-colonna/how-leaders-can-make-slow-decisions-in-a-fast-paced-world/91232222
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Mentoring is about learning how another coach works. Supervision asks something else: who are you in your work, and what happens to you when you sit with a client? Liz Stewart explains the difference and breaks down what actually happens in a session. www.reboot.io/episode/extr...
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Growth happens in the space between structures. We focus on where your team is RIGHT NOW instead of applying formulas that don't fit. Sometimes the best way forward means putting plans on hold to address relationships first. buff.ly/xXchK3g
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How We Work: The Reboot Approach to Executive Coaching
We don't offer quick fixes. We could, but that wouldn’t solve anything in the long run. Here's how Reboot's approach to coaching is different.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Real impact doesn't come from observation and mimicry; it comes from co-creating solutions together. Our hands-on model prizes input from all team members, with guidance that allows relationships to repair and unfold naturally. www.reboot.io/reboot-appro...
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How We Work: The Reboot Approach to Executive Coaching
We don't offer quick fixes. We could, but that wouldn’t solve anything in the long run. Here's how Reboot's approach to coaching is different.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Leaders, you won't always know what's right, but you'll always know when something feels off. That unease isn't a distraction; it's the beginning of discernment. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social shares his thoughts on developing your ethical compass as a leader. buff.ly/81Pcert
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“But How Do I Know What’s Right?”
Leadership, at its core, is an ethical endeavor. It asks us again and again to navigate the terrain between what’s effective and what’s just.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Breaking cycles of suffering starts with examining our stories. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social talks with author Shaka Senghor about his journey from incarceration to bestselling books and how gratitude becomes a practice of self-emancipation. www.reboot.io/episode/179-...
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#179 - The Work of Getting Free: Redemption, Gratitude & Hope - with Shaka Senghor
Jerry Colonna and Shaka Senghor discuss how the deepest forms of imprisonment are not always physical, but are instead forged in our minds.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Women CEOs are proving that empathy and accountability aren't opposites; they're the perfect partnership. Strong leadership doesn't require abandoning human dignity. It actually requires embracing it. www.reboot.io/women-ceos/
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How Women CEOs Are Shaping the Future of Business
Women CEOs are reshaping business leadership. Discover key trends, challenges, and the impact of rising female executives across today’s corporate landscape.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
There's a seductive idea in leadership right now: most advice is noise, so trust your gut and figure it out yourself. In his latest for Inc, @jerrycolonna.bsky.social makes the case for why that's half right, and where that advice quietly falls apart. buff.ly/rFf98lg
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Currently experiencing a job transition (expected or not)? Not knowing where you're going builds tremendous anxiety. But don't rush into the next thing just to calm your nerves. Sit still. Do nothing. Ride the wave. That's where transformation happens. www.inc.com/jerry-colonn...
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https://www.inc.com/jerry-colonna/whats-next-how-to-navigate-a-career-transition-with-confidence/91235176
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"What are the seeds I'm planting in my own mind?" @jerrycolonna.bsky.social sits down with author Shaka Senghor, who transformed 19 years in prison into a powerful voice for change. They explore how mental prisons, built from shame and old stories, trap us all. www.reboot.io/episode/179-...
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#179 - The Work of Getting Free: Redemption, Gratitude & Hope - with Shaka Senghor
Jerry Colonna and Shaka Senghor discuss how the deepest forms of imprisonment are not always physical, but are instead forged in our minds.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"What if everything I've built vaporizes once I'm gone?" This fear haunts many leaders approaching succession. But here's the truth: when your values are embedded in culture, they become nearly impossible to undo. www.inc.com/jerry-colonn...
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https://www.inc.com/jerry-colonna/how-to-leave-a-positive-legacy-after-retirement/91237930
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The most effective leadership today is less about command and authority, more about how you show up for your team. Women CEOs are modeling what authentic presence in power actually looks like. www.reboot.io/women-ceos/
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How Women CEOs Are Shaping the Future of Business
Women CEOs are reshaping business leadership. Discover key trends, challenges, and the impact of rising female executives across today’s corporate landscape.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Traditional executive coaching focuses on business metrics, often missing the human dynamics that actually sustain or fracture teams. Surface-level disagreements are rarely the core issue. Real problems live in unspoken expectations and broken trust. www.reboot.io/reboot-appro...
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How We Work: The Reboot Approach to Executive Coaching
We don't offer quick fixes. We could, but that wouldn’t solve anything in the long run. Here's how Reboot's approach to coaching is different.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Money can do a great deal, but it can't undo the fact that steadier adults weren't in charge of your childhood. It can't prove you're worth loving. When we stop asking it to heal what it can't, something loosens. www.reboot.io/episode/186-...
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#186 - Rewiring Our Relationship With Money - with Michelle Masters
Jerry Colonna and Michelle Masters explore how childhood experiences and inherited patterns shape our adult relationship with money and self-worth.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Growing up in life and leadership isn't about never hurting. It's about recognizing the internal systems we use to avoid the hurt, and gently choosing not to follow them, again and again. www.reboot.io/the-systems-...
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The Systems That Sustain Our Suffering
Growing up isn’t about never hurting. It’s about recognizing the internal systems we use to avoid the hurt, and gently choosing not to follow them.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
There's a big difference between hands-off leadership and avoiding the hard stuff. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social explores how to facilitate tough conversations without owning problems that aren't yours. www.inc.com/jerry-colonn...
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https://www.inc.com/jerry-colonna/when-leaders-should-intervene-in-office-conflict/91225048
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
When money comes up, what happens in your body? A tightness, a wish to talk about something else. Whatever arrives, it makes sense. It came from somewhere, and it was trying to keep you safe. Michelle Masters joins @jerrycolonna.bsky.social on the Reboot Podcast: buff.ly/J56wxYe
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
You won't always know what's right. But you will always know when something feels off. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social on why that internal friction isn't a distraction, but the very beginning of discernment. www.reboot.io/but-how-do-i...
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“But How Do I Know What’s Right?”
Leadership, at its core, is an ethical endeavor. It asks us again and again to navigate the terrain between what’s effective and what’s just.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Authenticity was never meant to be boundaryless. Bringing your humanity to work is about more honesty and emotion, not a license to overshare. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social shares how leaders can model vulnerability and professionalism at once. buff.ly/nDLjkaQ
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If you're a leader, especially a man, your task isn't to bring back masculinity. It's to grow up, show up, and become someone a younger man might look to and say, "There. That's what it looks like." www.reboot.io/the-masculin...
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The ‘Masculine Energy’ Needed in the Workplace Isn’t What You Think
Many young men are in crisis not because they lack masculinity, but because they’ve inherited only its shadow.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Radical self-inquiry is not navel-gazing. It's the difficult practice of asking: What am I feeling? What am I avoiding? What truth am I withholding? And what is the cost of my silence? @jerrycolonna.bsky.social
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Speaking Up as Radical Self-Inquiry
Radical self-inquiry is the deep, often difficult practice of turning inward and asking: What’s really going on with me?
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Redemptive leadership isn't about perfection. It's about wholeness: facing what's been broken and leading not in spite of our wounds but through them. It is, at its core, an act of love.
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Freedom Through Redemption
Redemption is about transforming our relationship to the past so that what once brought shame can become a source of wisdom, compassion, and renewal.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Kinship isn't only what's written in family Bibles or rendered in DNA. It's the felt sense of belonging with those whose values, heartbreaks, and hopes rhyme with our own. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social on finding your kinfolk:
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Finding Kinfolk
In his essay, Jerry Colonna shares his reflections on finding kinfolk—those who feel like family, even if they aren’t.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Losing a job is rarely just a career event. It takes your identity, your routine, your community, and your sense of security with it. That's a real loss, and it deserves to be treated like one. jerrycolonna.bsky.social on grieving it: www.inc.com/jerry-colonn...
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Jerry Colonna (@jerrycolonna.bsky.social)
Cofounder and CEO of Reboot. Author of two bestsellers, Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up and Reunion: Leadership and the Longing to Belong. More than two decades as a coach. Dang!
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Leaders spend a lot of energy game-theorizing. But there's a fine line between strategizing and worrying. One question helps you tell the difference: "Wouldn't it be great if...?"
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Turning to Wonder: A Skill to Utilize Often
Turning to wonder can be an additive layer to well-thought-out planning and strategizing. Replace worry with wonder for a fresh outlook.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
What is mine to do? Not what can I do, not what should I do, but what is mine, drawn from alignment and love rather than ego or obligation. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social on the question he brings into sabbatical each year.
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Sitting in the Quiet
Sometimes, the most radical thing a leader can do is stop moving. Sometimes, the bravest act is to go still.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Ready to step outside the echo chamber? This bookshelf redefines leadership through inclusivity, authenticity, and fresh perspectives. Here are 10 titles to grow with.
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Leadership Wisdom from 10 Underrepresented Authors
These inspiring titles offer transformative insights from a vibrant array of underrepresented authors, ready to guide your leadership journey.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
What's required of leaders now is to resist the anesthesia of neutrality. To choose empathy over indifference, voice over avoidance. @jerrycolonna.bksy.social on why you can't not say anything. Not now. Not anymore.
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“You can’t not say anything.”
Redemptive leadership means speaking when it would be easier to stay silent. To name what aches. Because you can’t not say anything.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Uncertainty. Impermanence. Transition. The things we're taught to fear are the raw material of a meaningful second half of life. Revisit @jerrycolonna.bsky.social's conversation with Chip Conley on the Reboot Podcast.
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#171 - The Great Midlife Edit - with Chip Conley
Jerry and Chip Conley discuss the role of the elder and the importance of embracing uncertainty, impermanence, and transition in life.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Your next one-on-one could be a checkbox exercise, or it could foster genuine connection. These 12 questions make the difference.
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Optimizing for Wholeness at Work: Better Questions to Ask Than “Are You Happy Here?”
We’re sharing 12 questions that are designed to help you explore challenges, celebrate successes, and foster genuine connection in your one-on-ones.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Will people leave your company having merely done good work, or having become more fully themselves because of the work they did there? In his latest offering, @jerrycolonna,bsky.social makes the case that this question is one of the truest measures of leadership.
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The Conditions for Redemption
What conditions am I creating that either invite or inhibit another person's growth? What are the conditions for redemption?
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
What actually makes a coaching relationship succeed? It's not credentials or circumstance. It's a willingness to do the work and heed the longing that brought you there.
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Is Coaching Right for You? How a Coach Can Help You Shift Your Work—and Life
A great coach can change your life. Coaching helps us see where and how we get stuck and what holds us back from what we’d really like.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Mental health isn't a side project. We've gathered our favorite tools for checking in on your well-being, spotting burnout early, and finding your ground, all in one place.
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Mental Health Resources for Every Day
In this post, we offer a variety of mental health resources to help you prioritize your well-being, along with questions to build awareness and recognize burnout.
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Reboot @reboothq.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Transformation doesn't happen through transaction. In this Wisdom for Work conversation, @jerrycolonna.bsky.social and Angela McKenna discuss what it takes to build workplaces where accountability feels like respect, not humiliation.
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Wisdom for Work #32 - Beyond the Review: Rethinking How We Talk About Performance at Work
Why does performance management feel transactional? Jerry Colonna and Angela McKenna examine why performance management is so challenging.
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