As I write this journal, I am sitting on an airplane (for the first time since March 2020, but that’s another story!) en route to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. An unexpected trip in response to the recent news that my father-in-law passed away. Naturally, I am feeling a lot… sad, in trust, exhausted, grateful, highly sensitive, a strange sense of calm, supported, on edge, loved, overwhelmed.

Lessons from the road have given us perspective on approaches to business, have strengthened our emotional resiliency and with the help of a friend and a children’s book, Good Luck, Bad Luck that in the middle of a curveball that life has thrown your way there is a whole lot to be grateful for.

Wow – Costron + Co. is celebrating it’s first anniversary! 

Our first year – full of collaboration and heart centered work supporting entrepreneurs. It is crazy when we consider all that has happened during our first year – in the world and in our small business.  There were important lessons, disappointments, moments of gratitude, and wonderful successes – just what should be anticipated in the journey of developing a business. 

In a previous journal I discussed that we are all leaders. Whether we have a job title that denotes leadership or not – we are leaders. We lead in our career, our businesses, and our relationships. Every time we engage with another human, we are in a moment of deciding how we will lead -how we will show up in that conversation.

In this journal I want to take a closer look at natural leadership styles by touching on the 4 leadership domains. Being aware of the leadership choices that you make - What you choose to do in your leadership roles - is heavily influenced by past experience with positive and negative leaders, and your personal experience to this point.