Caroline Dowd-Higgins
About Caroline Dowd-Higgins
Posts by Caroline Dowd-Higgins:
Don’t Just Know Your Strengths: Use Them to Keep Growing
Back-to-school season is a timely reminder; learning is not just for students. In a rapidly changing career landscape, lifelong learning is a leadership advantage. Your role, industry, and technology may change dramatically over the next five years. Your natural patterns of talent, however, often remain remarkably consistent. The question is not simply, What are my […]
What Is Your Body Asking For? The Leadership Wisdom of Midlife
Your body is not an obstacle to your leadership. It is a source of intelligence. For years, high-achieving women often override hunger, fatigue, pain, stress, and the need for recovery in the name of performance. You keep going because people depend on you, deadlines matter, and ambition feels urgent. But what happens when pushing through […]
Beyond Endurance: Why Energy Intelligence Is the Real Leadership Superpower
Burnout is not a leadership strategy. Exhaustion is not proof of commitment. And constant availability is not the same as effectiveness. In her recent Chief article, “The Future of Leadership Depends Less on Resilience and More on Energy Intelligence,” Erin Coupe makes a sharp case for a new leadership model: stop glorifying endurance and start […]
After the Workplace Breaks You: What Recovery Actually Looks Like
With burnout and workplace trauma on the rise, it is crucial to confront what happens when an organization fails its people. When a toxic work environment shatters your professional confidence, the fallout goes far beyond standard exhaustion. In a powerful and deeply resonant LinkedIn reflection, Elise Dyer, Deputy Director and Clinical Lecturer & CBT Therapist […]
Raising Your Ceiling Starts with Leveling Your Floor: The Reality of Sustainable Leadership
Sustainable leadership is not a luxury; it is a performance requirement for the modern executive. In an era of constant transformation and market volatility, many leaders are operating on fumes, attempting to build massive strategic “ceilings” on foundations of crumbling sand. With burnout rates reaching critical levels, especially among women in senior leadership, it’s time […]
