You’ve met this leader. You might be sitting in their Monday morning standup right now. Every week, new priorities. Every week, the old ones disappear without explanation. Their team stopped writing things down.
You know this leader. They’re the first one in the building when something goes wrong and the last one to notice when nothing is. They run toward every problem like it’s a four-alarm fire — even the ones that are barely a spark.
In every organization, there’s someone who stays late on Friday. Not because anyone asked. They stay because they saw something that wasn’t right and couldn’t leave it alone. They’re kind. They’re capable. And they’re exhausted in a way they don’t talk about.
