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I had a manager that I reported to, a leader that I reported to, and she was notorious for just not

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treating people with a lot of respect, being really short, and just people just didn't like being

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around her in general. And so I was in this position where I was like, okay, I report to her, so

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obviously, you know, I want to do the best that I can to be a good employee and a good leader of hers,

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not leader, but a team member of hers, but I also need to work with my team and protect them from a

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lot of what they were feeling, you know, feeling from her. And so it kind of put me in the, you

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know, in this place of like, okay, what, you know, what do I do here? And so one of the things I lean

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into, which honestly did not come naturally for me at the time, because I was, as an introverted

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servant leader myself, I care a lot about how people are treated. So anytime somebody is not

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treated, but with what I consider respect, it gets me riled up. Like, I just, I don't like it.

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And so I had to really take a step back and be intentional and pray through that and go, okay,

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what is my role here? What is it that I'm supposed to do? And the interesting thing is that actually

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led me into empathy for her.