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Hustle culture wore a badge of honor. The new danger is quieter — and it’s sitting inside your team right now. I remember a season in my career when I wore my exhaustion like a credential. Packed calendar, late emails, back-to-back meetings with no time to breathe in between. I thought that was what leadership looked like. I thought busy meant important. I was wrong. And I wasn’t alone. For years, workplace culture celebrated the “always on” leader — the one who responded at

As I grew into larger and larger leadership roles, I often found myself shying away from speaking up in meetings, forums and important...