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Shawnette Rochelle

Executive alignment and high-pressure decision clarity for leadership teams.

Agreement

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The moment I learned agreement wasn’t enough

Feb 15, 2026

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6 min read

The moment I learned agreement wasn’t enough

In a high-stakes environment, I realized something most teams miss in ordinary meetings. It changed how I see decisions and how I help executive teams hold them.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Team Effectiveness

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The insight most leadership teams miss after they agree

Feb 8, 2026

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7 min read

The insight most leadership teams miss after they agree

Decisions rarely fail in the meeting. They weaken afterward. There’s a subtle signal leaders miss in that gap—and it explains why progress feels heavier than it should.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Decision ownership

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Your team agreed. So why did momentum fade?

Feb 1, 2026

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6 min read

Your team agreed. So why did momentum fade?

No pushback. No disagreement. And yet progress slows. This pattern shows up in capable teams more often than you think—and it starts after the room empties, not during the debate.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Decision trust

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Your decision was clear. Something else wasn’t.

Jan 25, 2026

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7 min read

Your decision was clear. Something else wasn’t.

Execution doesn’t stall because people resist decisions. It slows when confidence fades in how you hold them as conditions shift. Here’s what’s really happening.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Team Effectiveness

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Why execution slows even when the decision was clear

Jan 18, 2026

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5 min read

Why execution slows even when the decision was clear

Execution can slow even when decisions feel clear. This issue explores what quietly shapes how decisions are held, carried forward, and acted on once the meeting ends.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Culture

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Why some leaders speak and others don’t

Jan 11, 2026

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5 min read

Why some leaders speak and others don’t

Silence can look like agreement until patterns surface. A closer look at the quiet forces shaping who speaks, who holds back, and what gets left unsaid in leadership conversations over time.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Mindset

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The culture you establish at the moment of welcome

Jan 4, 2026

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6 min read

The culture you establish at the moment of welcome

How leaders welcome others shapes who speaks, who holds back, and what follows. A reflection on mindset, culture, and how the moment of welcome quietly shapes contribution long before decisions are made.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Reflection

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What stepping away revealed about how I lead

Dec 28, 2025

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7 min read

What stepping away revealed about how I lead

The holidays were meant to interrupt momentum. What stepping away revealed about reflection, self-leadership, and the subtle lessons you model when no one is watching.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Clarity

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What December’s light can teach you about leadership

Dec 21, 2025

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6 min read

What December’s light can teach you about leadership

Light doesn’t remove difficulty, it reveals something important about where you stand inside it. These December traditions offer a lens that can shift how you navigate pressure and complexity.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Reflection

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Your year taught you something. Here’s how to see it. 👀

Dec 14, 2025

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6 min read

Your year taught you something. Here’s how to see it. 👀

Your year has been whispering insights the entire time. This issue offers a way to pause long enough to hear them and a framework that helps you recognize what those moments have been trying to show you.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®

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Why teams get clearer the moment ideas leave their heads

Dec 7, 2025

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7 min read

Why teams get clearer the moment ideas leave their heads

When your team stops carrying ideas internally and starts making them visible, something surprising happens. This week, see what changes when thinking becomes tangible.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®

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The surprising power of seeing your thoughts with your hands

Nov 30, 2025

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8 min read

The surprising power of seeing your thoughts with your hands

Sometimes the clearest insights come when you stop talking and start building. This week, see how a simple hands-on exercise can help reveal assumptions you didn’t even know you were making.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Mindset

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A question to take into Thanksgiving (and Monday)

Nov 23, 2025

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6 min read

A question to take into Thanksgiving (and Monday)

Before the food, the family, or the football, there’s a mindset worth examining. Because the way you move through this week will tell you something important about how you lead.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Mindset

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How to strengthen your self-belief when the stakes are high

Nov 16, 2025

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9 min read

How to strengthen your self-belief when the stakes are high

Self-belief is not a feeling. It is an internal state you can shape. This week, I break down how one match offers a blueprint for leading yourself when everything feels stacked against you.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Mindset

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The leadership moment I didn’t see coming

Nov 9, 2025

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9 min read

The leadership moment I didn’t see coming

Sometimes the strongest form of leadership isn’t loud, forceful, or official. It’s cultural. One moment showed me that in a way I’ve never forgotten, and it may do the same for you.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Team Effectiveness

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Why smart teams get stuck even when everyone’s working hard

Nov 2, 2025

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8 min read

Why smart teams get stuck even when everyone’s working hard

Smart teams don’t stall because of effort or intelligence. Something else is at play, and it often goes unnoticed until progress slows and frustration sets in.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Mindset

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When clarity starts with you, not them

Oct 26, 2025

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7 min read

When clarity starts with you, not them

The room tensed. His words landed sharp. But what happened next shifted everything and revealed how great leaders interrupt the story they’re about to tell themselves.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Mindset

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The feedback loop you forgot to break

Oct 19, 2025

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7 min read

The feedback loop you forgot to break

You don’t need a script to lead well under pressure. But if you never examine the sentences you say when stress peaks, you may be reinforcing the very thing you want to shift.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Mindset

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The hidden reading that leaders can’t afford to ignore

Oct 12, 2025

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7 min read

The hidden reading that leaders can’t afford to ignore

What you overlook has a way of running the show. Leaders who stop paying attention to one key reading end up wondering why trust and results keep slipping.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Team Effectiveness

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Why some teams deliver the future — and others don’t

Oct 5, 2025

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7 min read

Why some teams deliver the future — and others don’t

The future isn’t delivered by strategy alone. What separates teams that execute from those that collapse is quieter—and closer to home—than you might think.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Mindset

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👀 You’re speaking. They’re watching something else.

Sep 28, 2025

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9 min read

👀 You’re speaking. They’re watching something else.

Your team doesn’t need your words to know what you’re attached to. They’re watching your behavior. This issue digs into how your "wiring" reveals what you may not even see yet. And if it's off? It may quietly undermine everything you’re working toward.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Mindset

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When your words reveal more than you intend

Sep 21, 2025

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8 min read

When your words reveal more than you intend

A single phrase can expose an attachment or become the threshold to detachment. In this issue, we look at how language shapes your leadership in unseen ways.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Mindset

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Feelings aren’t random. They’re signals.

Sep 14, 2025

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8 min read

Feelings aren’t random. They’re signals.

That tightening in your chest or heat in your face? It’s not random. It’s your thermostat talking. This week, learn how to read what it’s telling you.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Mindfulness

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7 weeks. One turnaround. Lessons you can use.

Sep 7, 2025

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8 min read

7 weeks. One turnaround. Lessons you can use.

A crushing loss. A short window. A powerful transformation. Inside: how detachment turned breakdown into breakthrough, and why it matters for your leadership.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle

Mindset

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Oops, your expertise is showing

Aug 31, 2025

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7 min read

Oops, your expertise is showing

It’s one thing to lead with experience. It’s another to cling to it. This week’s issue explores what happens when old beliefs start shaping your leadership in harmful ways.

Shawnette Rochelle
Shawnette Rochelle
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