𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐧’𝐭

Early in my delivery career, I led a project where everything that could go wrong—did.
Delays in integration. Conflicting stakeholder demands. A stretched-thin team.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯?
𝘌𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘕𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝—𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝐢𝐭.
It doesn’t add urgency to urgency.
It creates clarity when everything feels urgent.

We didn’t solve everything overnight. But we slowed the spiral.
We refocused priorities. Protected the team.
And kept the energy on resolution, not reaction.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥𝘴:
📌 Hold space—don’t rush to fill it
📌 Lead with clarity, not control
📌 Be the pressure valve—not the amplifier

𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴.

What’s your mindset when things start to shake?