From Firefighting to Fearless Leadership.
Decode the chaos. Lead with clarity, confidence, and calm.
Transform Your leadership in 90 days with this evidence-based solution.
Caroline Veerman
"This process transformed my life and leadership and impacted the lives of the people I work with."
Healthcare Executive, Holland
Rosemary Nygard
"I’d highly recommend Trace to anyone wanting to transform their team and foster safety and connection."
OD Leader Canada
Grace Choi
"Trace deeply understands the importance of psychological safety in the workplace and how to cultivate it."
Clinical Nurse Educator, Canada
Jennifer Laferrière
"Trace is a strong advocate of the principles of Psychological Safety and Respect in the Workplace."
HR Leader, Canada
Feeling Overwhelmed in Your Leadership Role?
These Signals Show You How to Find Relief...
1. Leadership Voice Silenced? That knot before crucial conversations isn't weakness—it's a system signal revealing where strategic influence can replace fear. While others push through, deepening divides, you can transform this pattern into trusted leadership presence.
2. Trust Fracturing? Rising disrespect, silent resentment, constant complaints—these aren't random behaviours. They're precise patterns showing where your system needs rebalancing. Another policy won't heal this, but understanding these signals will.
3. System Running on Empty? When your team struggles to sustain basic operations, it's not just burnout—it's a clear signal of system imbalance. (And no, more resilience training won't address the root pattern.)
4. Change Feeling Impossible? When implementing changes feels like pushing against an immovable force, your system is revealing critical patterns about capacity and readiness. The key isn't more force—it's decoding what the resistance is really telling you.
5. Talent Draining Away? When your best performers quietly exit, it's more than retention—it's a system pattern revealing where leadership presence can transform flight risk into commitment.
6. Clarity Escaping You? Those sleepless moments questioning your decisions aren't personal failures—they're system signals waiting to be transformed into strategic insight your team needs.
Ready to Decode Your Signals?
Transform chaos into confident, strategic leadership
The Strategic Decoder Session Helps You:
✓ Translate system chaos into clear action patterns
✓ Transform uncertainty into strategic confidence
✓ Master pattern recognition—prevent fires before they start
Investment: $97
Because your system's signals are the key to the leader you're meant to be.
From Crisis to Clarity: A Leadership Revelation
For 25 years, I pushed myself and my teams to excel in high-pressure environments. Like you, I believed success meant working harder, faster, smarter—constantly pushing through exhaustion to meet ever-increasing demands. The metrics looked good on paper, but the human cost was mounting.
I watched talented team members burn out and walk away. Saw rising frustration turn into toxic resistance. At home, as a single father of three teenage daughters, I felt that same helpless pressure watching my kids make choices that kept me up at night. The harder I pushed for solutions at work and home, the more difficult everything seemed to become.
Then, I discovered what most healthcare leaders miss in their exhaustion: Those knots in your stomach before difficult conversations. The weight of guilt and frustration when another good person leaves. The 3 AM anxiety about decisions you have to make tomorrow. These aren't signs you're failing—they're your system's most powerful messages, waiting to be understood.
Today, I help healthcare leaders transform these painful signals into breakthrough moments. When you learn to decode your system's messages, everything shifts. Teams stop surviving and start thriving. Leaders rediscover their authentic voice. Most importantly? You reclaim the sense of purpose that called you to healthcare—without sacrificing yourself in the process.
Ready to See the Patterns Others Miss?
Reduce Burnout
Increase Retention
Increase Respect
Increase Presence
The Safe Space Leader Weekly Newsletter
I share practical leadership guidance every Sunday morning to help you transform your healthcare teams.
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The Safe Space Made Simple Podcast
I share practical leadership guidance every Tuesday morning to help you transform your healthcare teams.
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The 30-Minute System Reset
When toxic team dynamics are draining everyone's energy and traditional solutions backfire, get the clarity you need in one confidential session.
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Caroline Veerman
"This process transformed my life and leadership and impacted the lives of the people I work with."
Healthcare Executive, Holland
Rosemary Nygard
"I’d highly recommend Trace to anyone wanting to transform their team and foster safety and connection."
OD Leader Canada
Grace Choi
"Trace deeply understands the importance of psychological safety in the workplace and how to cultivate it."
Clinical Nurse Educator, Canada
Jennifer Laferrière
"Trace is a strong advocate of the principles of Psychological Safety and Respect in the Workplace."
HR Leader, Canada
