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COURAGE


The Leadership Lie That's Slowly Breaking You
“It’s lonely at the top.” I was reminded of just how true—and how heavy—that can feel in a conversation last week with a senior leader I’ve been coaching. Our work often centers around solving real, tangible challenges—decisions, team dynamics, competing priorities. But just as importantly, I serve as something else: a sounding board, a mirror, a thinking partner. A space where he doesn’t have to perform leadership—he can simply be . This time, he paused mid-conversation and
Theresa Fuchs-Santiago
Mar 285 min read


Network Like a Human, Not a Headline
I almost didn’t go. It had been one of those days – back-to-back calls, brain slightly fried. Low energy. The couch was calling. It had just started raining outside. And the event felt optional…at best. I stood in front of my closet longer than necessary. Changed once. Changed again. Checked the time. Considered texting an excuse. You can skip it, I told myself. You’ve already been productive today. No one will notice. And deep inside of me, a familiar debate was playing
Theresa Fuchs-Santiago
Mar 36 min read


The Secret To Growth When You're Lost in the Fog
There’s a particular kind of restlessness that shows up for most of us, at one point in life. Not the dramatic, storm-the-castle kind of urge for reinvention— but a quieter, nagging pressure under the ribs. I know this feeling intimately. Many years ago, when I was still an executive recruiter—seemingly at the height of my career—I started to sense a subtle shift inside me. To the observer on the outside, I had a dream career. But on the inside, something started feeling, we
Theresa Fuchs-Santiago
Dec 9, 20253 min read


Why Courage, Not Confidence, Changes Careers
We’re often told that confidence is the key to career success. “Believe in yourself,” they say. “Fake it ’til you make it.” Confidence is celebrated in interviews, in performance reviews, in leadership programs. We admire people who speak effortlessly, present confidently, take up space, and appear self-assured. But here’s the inconvenient truth: Confidence alone rarely changes careers. Confidence is a feeling—fleeting, inconsistent, and heavily influenced by circumstances
Theresa Fuchs-Santiago
Nov 25, 20253 min read


Courage - And the Forgotten Power of Unity in Leadership
This weekend, I found myself watching back some of the recorded sessions from the UN General Assembly in New York. And one thought kept coming up again and again: Courage is missing at the top. And I don’t just mean politics. I mean CEOs, business leaders, and anyone who holds influence and power. We live in a world where power is concentrated in the hands of a relatively small group of people—people with visibility, access, and a platform. And yet, too often, we see that pow
Theresa Fuchs-Santiago
Sep 29, 20255 min read
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