Tag: performance-vs-substance

• Trading Applause for Alignment

  

  Photo by Headway on Unsplash Author’s Note This piece explores a subtle but important distinction: the difference between applause and alignment. It’s not written as a critique of any one leader or culture, but as a reflection on a pattern many of us have observed and, at times, participated in—the slow drift from substance to…

  Dom

  August 23, 2025

  Leadership & Teamwork, Philosophy

  alignment, clarity, corporate-theater, culture-design, employee-engagement, Leadership, life, Mindfulness, organizational-culture, performance-vs-substance, Personal Development, quiet-leadership, systems-thinking, Trust, values-in-action