Leadership rarely falls apart because of strategy

It falls apart in the moments no one sees - the pressure, the politics, the slow erosion of clarity that eventually costs influence.

🎅 Santa brought me a very early gift - the wonderful opportunity to speak with the brilliant Cynthia Corsetti about what I’m seeing inside senior rooms right now: where influence slips, why decision traction matters more than ever, and how leaders can read the signals that tell them when they’re drifting off course.

The interview for Authority Magazine went deep - into a career built across law, the public sector, turnaround work, C-suite leadership, and now advisory - and into the 19 moves across 5 countries and 3 continents that shaped how I read pressure, navigate complexity, and steady leaders in high-stakes environments.

🙏 Deep appreciation and gratitude to Authority Magazine, to Cynthia, and to Dreamers & Doers® for creating the kind of amazing community where real conversations happen, and exactly when it’s needed.

Link to the feature 👇

https://medium.com/authority-magazine/c-suite-concerns-ulrika-gustafson-of-ulrika-gustafson-advisory-on-the-top-5-issues-that-keep-88ef68a369c1

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