I had a manager that I reported to, a leader that I reported to, and she was notorious for just not
treating people with a lot of respect, being really short, and just people just didn't like being
around her in general. And so I was in this position where I was like, okay, I report to her, so
obviously, you know, I want to do the best that I can to be a good employee and a good leader of hers,
not leader, but a team member of hers, but I also need to work with my team and protect them from a
lot of what they were feeling, you know, feeling from her. And so it kind of put me in the, you
know, in this place of like, okay, what, you know, what do I do here? And so one of the things I lean
into, which honestly did not come naturally for me at the time, because I was, as an introverted
servant leader myself, I care a lot about how people are treated. So anytime somebody is not
treated, but with what I consider respect, it gets me riled up. Like, I just, I don't like it.
And so I had to really take a step back and be intentional and pray through that and go, okay,
what is my role here? What is it that I'm supposed to do? And the interesting thing is that actually
led me into empathy for her.