The leader who commands respect rarely receives it. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social shares how authentic leadership creates the influence that force never could.

How Your Relationship With Money Shapes Your Leadership Your relationship with money has the power to shape your leadership. Here is how to ask hard questions, confront emotions and move forward.

True leadership begins when you stop chasing the illusion of safety that money promises and start confronting the emotions driving your decisions. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social asks: Are you leading with empathy, or are you micromanaging out of fear?

Legacy Isn't Just About Impact. It's Also About People Legacy isn't solely for people you engage with daily. Read on to understand how your legacy extends beyond your internal circle.

All leaders face tough decisions, but how you handle them defines your legacy. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social offers essential reflection questions for mindful leadership:

Beyond the Trend: What Is the Future of DEI in Leadership? Businesses implemented DEI in response to public pressure. Is it better to have an inclusion policy than not having one at all?

In his latest Inc. Magazine column, @jerrycolonna.bsky.social challenges leaders to look beyond the headlines and political pressures to examine what truly matters: building organizations where inclusion isn't just policy, but identity.

Groucho, Zeppo, Harpo, and Chico Marx.

Happy Chico Marx's birthday!

How Your Story Can Shape or Break the Type of Entrepreneur You Become Your story will shape or break the type of leader you are and the legacy you ultimately leave behind. You get to choose which it will be.

Our life experiences directly shape our business values. The courage to speak hard truths, to admit when things aren't working or when change is needed, comes from embracing our personal stories rather than hiding from them. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social

#176 - Balancing Growth & Inner Purpose - with Christian Fenner, Mathias Tholey, & Sebastian Ross Christian Fenner, Mathias Tholey, and Sebastian Ross discuss the transformative power of learning from failure with Jerry Colonna.

Leaders draw closer to what truly matters with each return to self, purpose, and love. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social explores this cycle of renewal with Nucao's founders in a conversation on why personal transformation leads to organizational clarity.

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How to Lead Through Disaster When disaster hits home, the only and best thing you can do as a leader is to stay present. Here is how to face grief in the workplace.

Crisis leadership primer from @jerrycolonna.bsky.social:

Put solutions on pause
Listen deeply
Honor your team's pain
Stand on your values

When navigating disaster, true leadership requires compassionate presence, not perfect responses:

The stories we carry with us shape our entrepreneurial journeys. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social explores how embracing your personal narrative (even the painful parts) impacts the people you lead and the legacy you leave behind. www.inc.com/jerry-colonn...

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Elders aren't made by age. They're made by choosing to stay when it would be easier to disappear, by helping one more person make it through the night. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social on what it means to become an elder.

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"'Redemptive leadership is an act of waking up." @jerrycolonna.bsky.social examines how self-discernment enables leaders to retrieve what organizations have lost—whether that's vision, integrity, or the belief that renewal is possible:

How Early Parentification Impacts Leadership Patterns Early parentification leads to overachieving, boundary issues, and difficulty accepting praise and help. Here's how it impacts leaders.

Ever wonder why leadership positions always seem to find you, even when you don't want them? It might go back further than you think. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social on parentification and the patterns that follow us into leadership.

Grief is not something to be managed, but witnessed. In his latest Inc piece, @jerrycolonna.bsky.social reveals the unexpected truth about leading through disaster: true leadership is about presence, not quick fixes.

How to Figure Out the Puzzle Pieces of Your Leadership Journey Leadership is like a puzzle that you desperately want to put all the pieces together. But the hard part is that you can’t.

Ever feel like you're building something clear, only to watch the pieces shift right as you get close? You're not doing it wrong. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social on why trying to hold a fixed image of leadership might be what's holding you back.

The expectations placed on leaders right now are brutal. Navigate every decision with perfect sensitivity. Don't upset anyone. Get it exactly right. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social shares advice for leading with courage when there's no clear right answer. buff.ly/RdIpIAY

Join the Council of Elders for an online Prayer Vigil for Peace.

The virtual doors will be open for 6 continuous hours and you are welcome to join us for as short or as long a time as you wish. Just come along when you can and stay for as long as you want.

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Wellness routines help, but they're not enough on their own. Real transformation requires asking deeper questions about what drives you and why. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social on what radical self-inquiry actually looks like for leaders.

#182 - What AI Therapy Misses: The Power of Human Presence - with Dr. Judson Brewer Jerry Colonna sits down with Dr. Judson Brewer to explore the hidden risks and surprising possibilities of AI-powered therapy.

Chatbots can predict the next character in a sequence. But they can't offer what @jerrycolonna.bsky.social calls "presence-based, heart-based empathy." In our latest podcast, psychiatrist Dr. Judson Brewer shares what AI therapy gets wrong—and right.

Your leadership legacy is shaped by how you navigate hard decisions. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social shares reflection questions to help you build a legacy you won't regret:

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When leaders go first—when they honestly say “I’m yellow today, because I didn’t sleep last night”—they model something transformative: that it’s okay to be human. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social explores how vulnerability creates the foundation for trust & collaboration:

#182 - What AI Therapy Misses: The Power of Human Presence - with Dr. Judson Brewer Jerry Colonna sits down with Dr. Judson Brewer to explore the hidden risks and surprising possibilities of AI-powered therapy.

Can algorithms replace human presence in therapy? Dr. Jud Brewer breaks down what AI actually is, prediction machines, and why that's fundamentally different from genuine connection.

How Self-Awareness Became The Ultimate Edge An interview with Jerry Colonna, Co-Founder & CEO at Reboot. 💘

When leaders avoid conflict, micromanage, or talk over their teams, it's often a symptom of deeper struggles. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social on how your unresolved patterns can distort your entire organization, and what to do about it. www.opensourceceo.com/p/jerry-colo...

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Winter has arrived, and with it, @jerrycolonna.bsky.social reflects on hummingbirds, paper cranes, and the deepest longing we carry: to belong. His newest piece weaves memory and wisdom into an invitation to live trembling but unbroken.

We all wear masks. The question isn't whether we have them—it's what becomes possible when we set one down. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social on the cost of hiding and the work that redeems what we once feared most.

Experience doesn't guarantee performance. Emotional intelligence does. Why @jerrycolonna.bsky.social believes you should stop filtering out entry-level talent who could transform your organization.

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Behind every "how do I become a coach?" question is often a longing: to help, to serve, to be present to another human in their becoming. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social offers a compass for those who feel called to this work. Not a shortcut. A path.

Except, of course, if one speaking about a book written by either of us.

#181 - Building The Company That 15-Year-Old You Needed - with Oliver Ravn Jerry sits down with Oliver Ravn, CEO and founder of Chronicare, who's building peer communities for people living with chronic illness.

What does it mean to find strength in the midst of suffering? @jerrycolonna.bsky.social sits down with Chronicare CEO Oliver Ravn for a raw conversation about chronic illness, loneliness, stigma, resilience, and how our pain can become our greatest purpose.

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"How do I become a coach?" Our CEO @jerrycolonna.bsky.social gets this question constantly. His answer might surprise you. It's not about certifications or scaling, it's about presence, discipline, and a lifetime's work.