Leading sideways? Discover how emotional intelligence can deepen your influence without hierarchy. In this edition, we explore feedback, trust, and the adult state — at work and at home — to help you lead with clarity, compassion, and quiet authority.

I’d set the Screen Time passcode to protect my daughter’s focus — and then promptly forgot it myself! But in trying to force my way to the answer, something unexpected happened. This is a short story about memory, control, and what we remember when we finally let go.