Sherif on courage, structure, and making space for every voice Some leadership moments don’t look like leadership at all. They look like someone quietly noticing that a room isn’t working, and choosing to say something. When Sherif spoke about this moment, what struck me wasn’t the tool he used or the outcome that followed. It was the orientation he had developed: I realized this format is not working for everyone. That sentence alone is leadership. The rooms that reward silence Many of us...

Sherif on learning, growing, and cheering each other on Some moments in leadership aren’t about strategy or insight. They’re about joy. During Sherif’s interview, there was a moment where his voice changed, lighter, warmer, almost playful, as he started talking about something that mattered deeply to him: sharing the journey. Not alone. Not in isolation. But together. We even did some exercises together Sherif didn’t just take the program himself. He recommended it to his wife. And not in a...

There are parts of my story I don’t usually share, especially not publicly (although small tidbits of my story are shared in my book, I don’t share deeply). But to understand me, it helps to know this: I was abandoned by my birth father. Taken from my mother when I was one. Abused and in foster care until five. Adopted. My adoptive parents divorced when I was eight. My biological brother died when I was ten. … I’ve lived with a lot of loss, abuse, and abandonment. From the outside, you might...