Fear-based leaders get short-term compliance—but at a staggering long-term cost. Here’s what control-driven leadership really does to culture, trust, and performance, and how organizations can break the cycle.
(more…)Tag: mental-health
-
What to Do When Your Boss Is Toxic: A Strategic Survival Guide
Trapped under a toxic boss? This in-depth guide explores the psychology of toxic leadership, its impact on your identity, and three smart strategies for surviving or escaping without losing your mind—or your career.
(more…) -
Healthy Leadership Doesn’t Start by Asking, “What Should I Do?” It Starts by Asking, “Who Will I Be?”
Activity is always downstream from identity.
Most leadership begins with the wrong question: “What should I do?” This longform essay reframes leadership from the inside out, showing why identity—not activity—determines trust, culture, and long-term impact.
(more…) -
The Manipulator Boss: When Charm Masks Control
Not all emotionally intelligent leaders are healthy. This deep-dive exposes the manipulator boss—the one who uses charm, vulnerability, and selective praise to control teams from the inside out.
(more…) -
The Invisible Damage of Insecure Leadership
Why insecurity isn’t just a character flaw in leaders—it’s a slow-moving cultural crisis
Insecure leadership doesn’t always look toxic—but its effects are quietly devastating. This in-depth analysis explores the hidden behaviors of insecure leaders, the culture they create, and the path toward secure, identity-rooted leadership.
(more…) -
Performance-Based Leadership Is a Mental Health Crisis
Performance-based leadership may look effective—but it’s fueling a hidden mental health crisis among managers and executives. Discover why tying identity to output leads to burnout, and how Identity-First Leadership offers a healthier, more sustainable alternative.
(more…) -
How Identity-Based Leadership Rebuilds Workplace Culture from the Inside Out
Workplace culture is cracking. Discover how identity-based leadership restores trust, motivation, and psychological safety—starting with the leader.
(more…) -
The Cost of Cultural Neglect: How Overlooking Culture Training Undermines Business Abroad (And at Home)
Companies lose millions on failed overseas assignments—and often never realize why. This article explores how neglecting cultural training undermines global expansion and quietly erodes teams at home.
(more…) -
Why Middle Management Breaks
The Structural Flaws Leaders Overlook
Middle managers aren’t failing because they’re weak—they’re collapsing under broken systems. Discover why poor structure, misaligned priorities, and leadership dysfunction quietly destroy organizational execution.
(more…)
The Influence Journal | Leadership, Trust, and the Psychology of Culture 