https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter Essays on leadership, teams, and organizations that let leadership emerge everywhere. By Alexis Monville. en Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/why-we-treat-adults-like-children-at-work-and-how-to-stop https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/why-we-treat-adults-like-children-at-work-and-how-to-stop Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter We hire capable adults, then trap them in parent-child structures. Learn how self-management replaces control with transparency, trust, and shared power. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/the-unpromotable-tasks-keeping-your-company-alive https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/the-unpromotable-tasks-keeping-your-company-alive Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter Invisible work — emotional smoothing, informal mentoring, holding morale — keeps teams afloat and never shows up in a performance review. It is not a boundary issue. It is a system issue. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/empathy-isnt-soft-its-an-advanced-data-tool https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/empathy-isnt-soft-its-an-advanced-data-tool Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter We default to authority when pressure rises because it feels efficient. But the tighter you grip your authority, the less influence you actually have. Empathy is the strategic data that reveals why. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/why-you-need-to-start-being-lazy-at-work https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/why-you-need-to-start-being-lazy-at-work Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter Most of us are addicted to over-delivering. Strategic laziness — finding the smallest smart thing to build for real feedback — is the rebellion your team actually needs. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/the-empathy-trap-and-the-responsibility-myth https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/the-empathy-trap-and-the-responsibility-myth Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter Too much empathy isn't the problem — it's a missing boundary. Reframing the Rescuer role, the Drama Triangle, and unconscious commitments to grow real ownership on your team. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/the-3-5-rule-why-burning-platforms-are-burning-your-best-people https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/the-3-5-rule-why-burning-platforms-are-burning-your-best-people Sun, 14 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter Coercive change tactics produce compliance, not commitment. Erica Chenoweth’s 3.5% Rule shows why activating a critical mass beats forcing alignment — and how leaders can do it. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/why-your-brain-freezes-when-the-spotlight-hits https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/why-your-brain-freezes-when-the-spotlight-hits Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter That panic when a colleague asks 'what are your thoughts?' isn't a personality flaw — it's cognitive overload. A structural reframe and a simple practice to speak clearly on the spot. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/how-to-escape-the-mental-maze-of-rumination https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/how-to-escape-the-mental-maze-of-rumination Wed, 27 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter We replay past conversations and project worst-case futures, convinced overthinking is productive. A reframe that treats thoughts as weather, not the sky — and a practical way out. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/why-ai-doing-90-of-your-coaching-is-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-leadership https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/why-ai-doing-90-of-your-coaching-is-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-leadership Fri, 15 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter AI can now handle up to 90% of routine career coaching. Rather than killing human coaching, it forces a brutal but necessary question about what real leadership requires. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/where-are-you-hiding-in-your-leadership https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/where-are-you-hiding-in-your-leadership Sun, 10 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter We all have a default setting. When pressure rises, we retreat into safe tasks. The Emerging Leadership Navigator maps blind spots across Business, People, Execution, and System. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/why-the-coworker-you-cant-stand-is-your-greatest-teacher https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/why-the-coworker-you-cant-stand-is-your-greatest-teacher Sun, 03 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter The colleague who drives you up the wall isn't just an obstacle — they're a mirror. How the people we find hardest to work with reveal where we have the most to learn. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/the-rise-of-the-micro-squad https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/the-rise-of-the-micro-squad Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter Process fatigue is real. Why small, autonomous squads outperform endless sprint planning, two-week cycles, and stand-ups that justify themselves to a Jira board. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/stop-trying-to-outrun-your-shadow-the-first-lie-we-were-told-about-leadership https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/stop-trying-to-outrun-your-shadow-the-first-lie-we-were-told-about-leadership Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter From the playground on, we are taught that strength means silence. Unlearning that lie is the first real act of leadership. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/the-most-dangerous-four-word-sentence-in-your-office-is-what-do-we-do-now https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/the-most-dangerous-four-word-sentence-in-your-office-is-what-do-we-do-now Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter Once you notice it, you hear it everywhere. Why this sentence quietly poisons teams — and what to say instead. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/the-scaling-trap-when-more-communication-actually-slows-you-down https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/the-scaling-trap-when-more-communication-actually-slows-you-down Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter We were sold the dream of "Be Agile." Then ten people became fifty, fifty became five hundred, and individuals and interactions turned into endless meetings. How to scale without strangling flow. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/beyond-the-hype-industrializing-legacy-modernization-with-ai-lean https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/beyond-the-hype-industrializing-legacy-modernization-with-ai-lean Wed, 04 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter A six-month migration that balloons to seventy weeks. A practical playbook for modernizing legacy systems with AI and Lean, drawn from Quentin Pleplé's Tech Rocks Summit 2025 talk. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/why-the-best-leaders-are-looking-inward-lessons-from-f1-and-panera https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/why-the-best-leaders-are-looking-inward-lessons-from-f1-and-panera Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter Drucker said the hardest person to manage is yourself. Reflections from a Peter Drucker Forum panel with F1 performance experts and global executives on managing yourself. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/team-agreements-why-now-is-the-perfect-time https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/team-agreements-why-now-is-the-perfect-time Sun, 18 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter Three people from very different contexts asked the same question in one week: how do we actually create effective team agreements? A practical guide for the start of the year. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/anger-is-not-the-problem https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/anger-is-not-the-problem Thu, 08 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter We're taught anger is bad, unproductive, destructive — and to calm down. But that instinctive rejection may be making us less effective as leaders, coaches, and human beings. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/the-hidden-musts-sabotaging-your-teams-quarterly-goals https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/the-hidden-musts-sabotaging-your-teams-quarterly-goals Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter You leave the quarterly meeting aligned and unstoppable — then weeks later you\'re pushing every team member to deliver. The hidden "musts" draining momentum, and how to surface them. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/why-self-awareness-is-a-leaders-most-reliable-tool https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/why-self-awareness-is-a-leaders-most-reliable-tool Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter The idea of "the line": above it we are open, curious, ready to learn; below it we are closed, protective, just trying to get through. A simple lens that reshapes how leaders work. https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/are-leaders-too-focused-on-the-short-term https://alexis.monville.com/newsletter/are-leaders-too-focused-on-the-short-term Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:00:00 GMT Alexis Monville Newsletter Reflections from a Peter Drucker Forum panel on when leaders should stick to business and when they should take a stand — and the polarity of short-term pressure vs. long-term vision.