Are you leading or just taking a walk?  Many leaders confuse activity with leadership, working harder than ever while their foundation crumbles beneath them.  In this presentation, Tameaka shares hard won lessons from closing her first business after 11 years, including the costly pattern of being "flexible" without boundaries and taking responsibility for everyone's circumstances except her own.  Through candid stories and John Maxwell wisdom, she helps leaders identify the difference between compassion and enabling, how to set boundaries that protect rather than punish, and why accountability matters most when consequences get hard.  Audiences will learn to recognize when they're treating symptoms instead of preventing disasters, how to stop making their problems other people's responsibility, and what it means to lead with both heart and backbone.  Real talk, relatable stories, and practical strategies for reclaiming your power without losing your humanity.

Your greatest leadership strengths can become your biggest weaknesses when you don't understand how and when to use them.  Directness without context becomes bluntness.  Empathy without limits becomes enablement.  Taking responsibility without boundaries becomes a cage.  In this presentation, Tameaka shares her journey as a neurodivergent leader discovering how the same traits that made her excellent at solving problems were simultaneously creating new ones.  Through candid stories about being the one who always takes accountability, the cost of constant masking in professional settings, and the exhaustion of doing all the emotional labor, she helps leaders recognize when their superpowers are working against them.  Audiences will learn to identify their own Achilles heel patterns, understand the difference between leading with their natural wiring versus fighting it, and develop strategies to leverage their strengths strategically without burning out.  Real talk about neurodivergent leadership, mutual accountability, and building systems that work with who you actually are.

Your top producer is also your biggest liability.  They bring in revenue, hit targets, and make the numbers work, but they're destroying morale, driving good people out, and creating a toxic wake everywhere they go.  Finance loves them.  Your team wants them gone.  And you're stuck in the middle.  In this presentation, Tameaka breaks down the real cost of keeping toxic high performers, how to use DISC to understand their behavior patterns and communication style, and how to coach them toward self correction without making excuses for their impact.  You'll learn when to invest in coaching versus when to cut ties, how to respond to frustrated team members without undermining leadership, and how to build the business case for difficult personnel decisions when profit and people are at odds.  Through real scenarios and practical frameworks, this session equips leaders to protect their culture while managing the pressure to protect the bottom line.