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Expectations VS. Agreements
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Unspoken Expectations Create Disappointment. Shared Agreements Create Accountability. Expectations come up again and again in management, and honestly, in life. We all have them, of ourselves, of the people around us, of our teams. But here’s the thing. So much of the tension that shows up in a workplace traces back to one root cause:…
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The Curse of Knowledge
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Why the Clearest Leaders Are the Ones Who Remember What It Felt Like Not to Know When I was first learning to be an optician, I remember feeling profoundly, almost embarrassingly lost. What made it sting a little more? I had been around the optical industry since I was six years old. Six. And yet…
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Rethinking Scarcity, Abundance & the Intentionality of Time
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Conditioning and the Stories We Carry A recent conversation with a friend challenged me to rethink something I thought I had already settled in my mind: the relationship between scarcity and abundance. A while ago, I shared how I had been conditioned in a previous work environment to associate working outside normal business hours with…
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Reclaiming My Time
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Rewiring my mindset around time, work, and what it means to lead well A Shift in How I See My Time I had an interesting revelation recently about how I view my time and how we can unintentionally condition ourselves in how we think about it. Think Pavlov. As a lot of small business owners…
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The Power of Why
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A Hospital Bed, Leadership, and the Courage to Say “I Don’t Know” As I sit in this hospital bed (my second admission in less than two weeks) I’ve found myself wrestling with one small word that carries enormous weight: Why. Thanks for reading Allison’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my…
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Growth in the Rain
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Providing the Right Environment to Cultivate Growth When You Don’t Like the Rain Now, I have never been a fan of the rain. Don’t get me wrong, I love how green it makes everything. But let’s be honest, I hate water on my glasses. Lol! Despite my dislike, rain does do something important. What Looks…
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Leaning Into Curiosity
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At the 2025 Global Leadership Summit (one of my favorite conferences of the year) one speaker in particular stayed with me: Bradley Rapier. He spoke about choosing curiosity and connection over transaction and agenda and what it means to step into the circle with others. I’ve always considered myself a lifelong learner. If college were free, I’d probably be a…
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Finding Strength in the Struggle
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It’s 5:30 a.m., and the alarm goes off. Another morning. My joints ache, and my brain feels foggy. My body says, “Stay in bed.” My mind replies, “You can’t. You’ve got work to do.” I hit snooze, hoping ten more minutes might help. When your morning starts with a negotiation between your mind and your…
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Life Integration: Redefining Loyalty, Dedication & Boundaries
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Rethinking Balance: The Case for Life Integration We often hear about the elusive concept of work-life balance — as if life and work are two forces constantly fighting for control. But maybe it’s time to stop chasing balance and start focusing on something more meaningful: life integration. Life integration means recognizing that the different parts…
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The Beauty in Our Cracks
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Embracing the Gold in Our Story I have always loved the Japanese concept of Kintsugi. It is the art of repairing broken pottery using gold, not to hide the cracks but to highlight them. The repaired pottery becomes even more beautiful, valuable, and unique piece because of its imperfections. Each line of gold tells a…
