The Shift to Human: Christy Honeycutt on Leading (and Surviving) a Broken System

Everyone’s talking about burnout. Almost nobody’s asking what it actually costs to keep leading through it.In this episode of The Shift, we sit down with Christy Honeycutt, executive coach and author of The Inner Work of Leading in a Broken System, to talk about what it takes to lead with your spirit intact inside systems that were never built for it.We get into:Her throughline; and how she fell into recruitment almost by accident, to two decades leading talent at IBM and Korn FerryThe health scare that forced her to choose between her job and her lifeWhy she believes we’ve entered a "bully era" of leadership; and what real accountability actually requiresThe real reason "AI is taking jobs" has become an excuse for leaders who won’t have hard conversationsWhy HR has a seat at the table…but only if it chooses to take itHer deceptively simple practice for finding joy again, starting with a grocery store trip in her late 40sBecause you can’t build a healthy culture on top of leadership nobody’s holding accountable.Connect with Christy:LinkedInWebsiteBook: The Inner Work of Leading in a Broken System (Pre-order now on Amazon, out November 17th)