Leonardo Freixas's Recent LinkedIn Posts

Not everyone who claps for you is in your corner. Winning exposes something. Some people smile. Some people nod. And some people lose it. They get louder than you do. More excited than you are. The win is yours. But they react like it isn't. Because for them, it isn't new. Real friendship is when your win stops…

The most dangerous job in your career is the right role in the wrong company. Not immediately. Slowly. Your standards start slipping. Deadlines stop meaning anything. Problems get explained instead of fixed. Leaders talk about values they don't follow. Over time, dysfunction stops feeling unusual. It just feels…

Starting over at 44 isn't risky. Spending 20 more years in a job you've outgrown is. Most people don't stay because the job is great. They stay because the life around the job gets expensive. Mortgage. Lifestyle. Expectations. Over time, something else starts to happen. The work stops stretching you. Problems…

Titles don't make leaders. They expose them. Give someone authority and you find out who they've been the whole time. Some people get louder. Some people get clearer. Some protect their position. Some protect their people. You see it in small moments. The way they speak to someone who has nothing to offer them.…

Some bosses stab you in the back. Others simply hold you back. The difference matters more than most people realize. A toxic boss is obvious. They take credit when things go right. They disappear when things go wrong. Fear becomes the operating system. Eventually people stop speaking honestly. Because honesty…

I've watched leaders lose their teams over integrity. And I've watched others lose them without it. One cost a promotion. The other cost everything. Because teams don't follow what leaders say. They copy what leaders tolerate. Every shortcut you take. Every standard you bend. Every behavior you reward. They're w…