by chellie | Apr 21, 2026 | empowering women, Leadership & Culture, personal growth
There’s a little light on my dashboard that’s been trying to get my attention. At first, it was polite. “50 miles to empty.” No urgency. No pressure. Just information I could easily ignore. Then, a little later… “25 miles to empty.” Still manageable. Still something I...
by chellie | Apr 7, 2026 | Leadership & Culture
Are you a thermostat… or a thermometer? It’s a question I didn’t expect to be asking myself about leadership—but here we are. In the utility industry, we ask a version of this all the time: “What’s the thermostat set on?” Because we know something important—systems...
by chellie | Dec 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
Every holiday season, we return to Whoville — a place filled with joy, singing, community, and one very cranky neighbor living just north of town. While How the Grinch Stole Christmas is often seen as a children’s story, it’s also one of the best leadership parables...
by chellie | Dec 9, 2025 | Leadership & Culture
The 1964 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer stop-motion classic has been charming generations for 60 years — and it still packs powerful lessons for today’s leaders. What seems like a simple holiday story about a red-nosed reindeer is really a masterclass in inclusive...
by chellie | Nov 24, 2025 | Leadership & Culture
Thanksgiving isn’t just about the food. It’s about connection, chaos, and those wonderfully awkward moments that remind us how human we all are. Pop culture has given us plenty of Thanksgiving table moments that make us laugh, cringe, or cry and if we look closely,...
