MMMMMM, A Myraid of Musings from a Mecurical, Messy , Magic Matriarch Life

 I struggle with the Schmooze and Booze culture of corporate leadership . I know you were expecting motherhood, but that struggle takes a lot and I am not ready to go there.  So back to schmooze and booze.   I daily live in and direct work in victim advocacy, behavioral health crisis, detox and recovery. This includes domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, sex assault, homicide, suicide, DUIs, overdoses, mental health olds and human trafficking. I delve and report findings  in research and statistics, that discuss the population health concerns, public health crises and individual trauma and destruction from our cultural norms and  accepted social practices. I am expected to advocate for change, lead programs and awareness, protect children and youth from these harms.  Except when it is time to network, team build, "retreat", raise funds, celebrate, close the deal. Do these events take place in some paradoxical universe? Some plane of ...

  I recently have been provided the opportunity to read several books and articles for Leadership Classes and Courses. Everyone seems to list the 7 Strengths, 7 Factors , 7 Attributes, 7 Hacks of Leadership. While all of that is great, the problem doesn't always lie within. By taking a quick gander at most top think tanks/leadership/companies we can see that there lies a large possibility there will be barriers some face significantly more than others, and that the idea of doing it your own way, is still a few designated paths. Each with the end being the agreed upon measure of success. As such none of them truly resonated with me, it is all the same regurgitation, they hold some value but still I have other struggles, ones that seem to form obstacles not always within my power to change and yet I am still held to them, even when we know and are validated by research that such paths are inherently built to reward a certain few. After much pondering and a due assignment or two I giv...