Leadership Tips | Find the Tension Between Presence and Progress
From You’re the Boss, Now What? with Desiree Petrich | Leadership and Team Development for Managers and Team Leaders by Desiree Petrich - Intentional Action
May 12, 2026 · 5 min
About this episode
Desiree discusses the importance of balancing presence and progress in leadership.
Last week we talked about not letting your intent diminish and how the longer we wait to do something we know we should do, the less likely we are to actually follow through. This week’s leadership tip is a little different. Have you ever found yourself rushing through a season of life, wishing time would speed up so you could finally get to the “good part”? Or maybe you’ve been so distracted by what’s next that you forgot to notice what’s right in front of you. In this short episode, Desiree...
People in this episode
Host: Desiree Petrich
Topics covered
- leadership
- personal development
- mindfulness
- team management
- work-life balance
Keywords
- leadership tips
- presence
- progress
- intent
- distraction
- mindfulness
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