Tune In • Reclaim Your Ground • Use Your Voice • Embody Your Leadership
ISSUE NO. 4 · FEBRUARY 2026
Clarity Before Commitment
Welcome back Reader,
As we settle into the early weeks of the year, I’ve been thinking a lot about how leaders enter a new chapter—not just what they plan to do, but how they are showing up as they begin.
With that in mind, let’s dive into this month’s feature…
Stepping Into Your Next Chapter
Early in the year, leaders are often expected to move quickly.
Plans take shape. Priorities are named. Momentum is encouraged. And yet, many leaders quietly notice something else beneath the surface—a subtle sense of misalignment that’s hard to put into words.
This isn’t a lack of motivation.
It’s discernment.
Personal leadership clarity at the start of the year has very little to do with goals. It has everything to do with orientation—how you’re entering this chapter before you commit to what comes next.
Many leaders begin the year carrying last year’s internal posture forward: the same pace, the same expectations, the same pressure to perform rather than choose. Without realizing it, decisions get made from habit instead of intention.
"How you enter a chapter often matters more than what you plan to do in it."
Try This...
Instead of asking what you want to accomplish this year, pause and notice how you’re leading right now.
Pay attention to:
- Where your energy feels steady—and where it feels strained
- Which parts of your leadership feel authentic—and which feel obligatory
- Where you are responding automatically rather than leading deliberately
Clarity begins with noticing, not fixing.
A Question I'm Sitting With...
What would it look like to lead this year from choice rather than momentum?
If this question resonates, I invite you to take a few minutes to reflect more deeply.
I’ve created a short coaching reflection for women who want to pause, take stock, and notice what’s emerging as they step into their next chapter.
TRUE Story
Over the years, I’ve noticed that the leaders who navigate transitions most effectively aren’t the ones with the fastest plans.
They’re the ones who give themselves permission to clarify how they want to show up before committing to what they’ll do. That clarity quietly shapes their decisions, their boundaries, and their presence long after the year is underway.
Ready for Your Next Chapter?
You’ve achieved so much — yet something inside you knows there’s more.
More clarity. More ease. More alignment between who you are and how you lead.
Through my signature coaching experience, Leading TRUE, I help accomplished women rediscover their rhythm, realign their leadership, and step into what’s next with renewed confidence and purpose.
If you’re ready to pause, reflect, and begin again — I’d love to start that conversation with you.
Until next month remember, you don't need a new title to lead differently.
In your corner,
P.S. Want to make sure you never miss one of my posts? Click the 🔔 at the top of my LinkedIn profile to get notified when I share new insights.
P.P.S. 💌If this was forwarded to you and it resonated, you’re welcome to join the T.R.U.E. Leadership community here: https://connect.brayleadership.com/