Most leaders don't avoid problem employees because they don't care. They avoid them because they don't know if they'll be supported when they do something about it.

In this episode of Leadership After 5, Kim gets honest about one of the hardest parts of leadership: dealing with the employee who is quietly destroying your team's culture while the organization looks the other way. She shares her worst leadership story, including what it felt like to return from maternity leave and walk directly into a campaign designed to dismantle her reputation, and the mentor's advice that got her through it.

Kim also names her biggest leadership regret from that season. And gives you the four things that actually move the needle when you are dealing with a problem employee the right way.

This episode is for the leader who knows what needs to be done. And is trying to find the courage to do it anyway.

Consider the source. And keep going.

The Sunday scary is real. And leaders get it too.

In this episode of Leadership After 5, Kim gets honest about her own Sunday scary. What it looks like, what it's actually pointing at, and why it has almost nothing to do with not liking the work. She breaks down the real math of the weekend, why Saturday is not actually a day off, and what it means when the dread shows up right on schedule at six o'clock Sunday evening.

But this episode isn't just personal. It's a leadership accountability conversation. Because your team is having Sunday scaries too. And what you model on Monday morning is either the problem or the solution.

If you love the work but keep arriving at Monday morning feeling like you already lost, this one is for you.

We spend a lot of time talking about what leadership gets wrong.

Today we are celebrating what it gets right.

In this episode of Leadership After 5, Kim flips the script and names the green flags. The real, observable signs that tell you without any doubt that you are in the presence of a leader who gets it. Not the theory. Not the framework. The actual things you can see and feel when great leadership is happening.

From the leader who steps back and lets their person shine to the team that speaks in one voice no matter who is in the room, Kim breaks down what great leadership produces and what it looks like from the inside.

If you have ever worked for a leader who changed you, this episode will help you name exactly what they did.

And if you are that leader, this one is worth hearing too.