Every leader hits this moment: when someone on your team is struggling personally, and it starts showing up at work.

You can feel their pain, but you also have a business to run.

Where is the line between empathy and accountability?

This episode breaks down how to approach that conversation with clarity and composure, without losing the trust or the standard you’ve built with your team. It’s about holding space for the human without compromising the health of the whole.

What You’ll Learn

• How to decide when it’s time to address personal issues affecting performance
• The role your workplace culture plays in defining what “grace” really means
• How to open the conversation so it feels safe but still direct
• Why tone, pace, and timing determine whether the moment heals or harms
• A practical way to co-create agreements that hold both compassion and accountability

Why Listen?

If this is your first time here, welcome. I’ve spent years working with leaders, teams, and couples on the kinds of conversations that decide what happens next.

Most people avoid those moments. Or they walk into them with good intentions but no skill, and it blows up. What I share here comes straight from the real work: the messy, tense, uncomfortable conversations that actually change things when you handle them right.

If this is something you want to explore further, head over to

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My hope is that what you pick up here helps you sharpen your communication, and with it, the quality of your business, your relationships, and your life.

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Thanks.