These tensions are what leaders live in trying to balance relationships and the needed distance that allows for exacting decisions, the tension of transparency and privacy, and the tension of action and reflection.

Leadership can be a boring topic, seriously, but this convo isn’t and wasn’t.

Alain defines leadership as the performing art of getting others to work towards a shared purpose, emphasizing the impact of one's words and actions on others through 3 specific pillars that we dive deep on: connection, communication, and collaboration.