Leadership Insights
Practical ideas and honest conversations about leadership after survival mode. Explore how values, identity, relationships, and responsibility shape the way we lead.
Available on YouTube: Armed with Ambition | Empower Women Veterans
When Leaving Feels Like Losing
Leaving a job can feel like failure when identity, loyalty, and success have become tied to the role. Discernment means examining what staying is costing—and what leaving would require—without reducing the decision to “just quit.”
Your Delegation Problem May Actually Be a Trust Problem
Capable leaders often struggle to delegate because responsibility, control, and identity have become intertwined. The question may be less about whether others can do the work and more about what doing it yourself protects you from.
Successful on Paper. Disconnected in Real Life.
You can remain capable, productive, and successful while feeling increasingly disconnected from your values and daily life. Continued performance does not mean that unease should be ignored.
The Hidden Cost of Being the One Everyone Counts On
Being dependable can build trust. But when capability becomes proof of your worth, delegation, limits, and uncertain outcomes can feel like threats to your identity.
Building Reciprocal Thinking: The Secret to Stronger Leadership and Boundaries
Discover how reciprocal thinking transforms leadership and strengthens boundaries in Episode 4 of Armed with Ambition with Siobhan Cunningham and guest Ashley Ertel. Learn practical strategies for sustainable leadership, emotional resilience, and mutual respect.
Trusting the Team: Why Letting Go Makes You a Stronger Leader
Learn how trusting your team — not micromanaging — builds stronger leadership, better collaboration, and lasting impact. Leadership insights for women veterans and military leaders navigating career transitions.
Stop Micromanaging and Build Trust as a Leader
Learn how to stop micromanaging and become a stronger leader by building trust, empowering your team, and focusing on results. This guide explores the signs of micromanagement, why it harms leadership, and practical steps to delegate with confidence.
The STRONG Leadership Framework: How to Lead Beyond Survival Mode
Leadership isn’t about perfection—it’s about resilience, authenticity, and heart. Discover how the S.T.R.O.N.G Leadership Model can help you overcome self-doubt, lead with confidence, and step into your next level of leadership. You are stronger than you think—and the world needs your voice.
Making Meaning From Trauma (Part 2)
Armed with Ambition Podcast special episode series about trauma. Episode 3: “Making Meaning From Trauama Part 2”, presented by Military Veterans in Journalism www.mvj.network
Making Meaning From Trauma (Part 1)
Armed with Ambition Podcast special episode series about trauma. Episode 2: “Making Meaning From Trauama”, presented by Military Veterans in Journalism www.mvj.network
Trauma, PTSD, and You
Armed with Ambition Podcast special episode series about trauma. Episode 1: Trauma, PTSD, and You presented by Military Veterans in Journalism www.mvj.network