These are the books I return to when I want to think more clearly, lead more intentionally, or simply remember what matters. They’re not meant to be exhaustive or definitive. They’re the books that have shaped my perspective, expanded my imagination, or offered language for things I felt but couldn’t yet name. My hope is that something here meets you at the right moment and opens a little more space for clarity, courage, and possibility.

The Energy Audit Tool gives leaders a simple, three‑column way to see their work through the lens of energy rather than effort. By mapping tasks, relationships, and responsibilities into Energizers, Neutral, and Drainers, leaders can quickly spot what fuels them, what’s simply fine, and what quietly depletes their capacity. This clarity helps them make intentional choices about what to keep, what to shift, and what to release. It’s a grounded, compassionate tool for restoring alignment, reducing burnout, and leading from a place of presence rather than depletion.

The Priority Reset Canvas builds on the classic Eisenhower Matrix, honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s insight that what is urgent is rarely important and what is important is rarely urgent. Today’s leaders face an additional challenge: the weight of legacy commitments they inherited in earlier seasons of their role. This modern evolution helps leaders sort their work into urgent, important, and inherited obligations that no longer serve their goals. By naming what must be kept, what can be delegated, and what needs to be released, the canvas creates clarity, reduces overwhelm, and restores focus. It gives leaders a practical way to reclaim their time and attention so they can lead with intention rather than obligation.

Most misalignment on teams doesn’t come from poor performance. It comes from unspoken expectations. The Expectation‑Setting Framework gives leaders a simple, repeatable way to name purpose, outcomes, roles, boundaries, and success criteria so everyone is working from the same understanding. Rooted in how adults learn and how trust is built, this tool turns vague hopes into shared agreements that reduce rework, prevent conflict, and strengthen accountability. It helps leaders communicate with clarity and confidence, and it helps teams deliver with alignment and ownership.

Collaborative Work Styles Assessment
A structured self‑assessment that helps team members understand how they contribute to group success across four core areas: Thinking, Execution, Organizing, and Relational work. This tool highlights natural strengths, reveals stretch areas, and builds awareness of how individual behaviors impact team performance. It’s designed to support more effective collaboration, clearer expectations, and intentional growth within any team or project environment.

A practical, strategic tool that helps leaders identify key stakeholders, understand their motivations, and map the influence, interest, and relational dynamics shaping a project. This framework brings clarity to complex environments by highlighting what each stakeholder needs, where alignment is strong or fragile, and how to engage with intention. It supports better communication, smoother collaboration, and more effective decision‑making across teams and initiatives

A practical framework that helps leaders match the right level of autonomy to the right person at the right moment. The eight levels move from task direction to full ownership, giving teams shared language for expectations, decision-making, and trust. This tool clarifies what is often left unspoken in delegation conversations and offers simple, direct phrasing leaders can use to set clear agreements, reduce rework, and grow capability across the team.

Delegation is one of the most powerful ways to grow capability on a team, but only when it aligns with how adults actually learn. Research from leading adult‑learning theorists shows that people develop best when they understand the purpose behind the work, feel their experience is respected, have the right level of autonomy, learn through real challenges, and reflect on what they’ve done. This tool brings those principles into everyday leadership by pairing the eight levels of the Delegation Clarity Spectrum with simple, practical language leaders can use in real conversations. It helps teams build confidence, deepen trust, and strengthen judgment, turning delegation from a task handoff into a meaningful development moment