Pia Jansson Coaching & Consulting

08/30/2026

"This could be fun," I said.

Six months later, I understand how naive that was.

That's what happened with these books.

Fun turned into writing, rewriting, designing, learning, and more rabbit holes than I can count.

"I'll just fix this one thing" kept becoming an entirely new adventure.

One question led to five more.

Repeat, repeat, repeat.

This week, that journey is done.

Not because there's nothing left to build. There always is.

But this part is finished.

If you're anything like me, it's easy to rush right past that.

There's always another to-do waiting.

We finish one thing, jump straight to the next, and skip the part where we actually notice what just happened.

So this weekend, I'm giving myself a little time to enjoy the moment and appreciate everyone who was part of it.

And staying very, very far away from any new rabbit holes.

At least until Monday.

What's the last thing you finished but never actually stopped to notice?

08/27/2026

As I look back at the stories, it's no surprise to me that they're really about people.

Connecting the Dots looks back at the people, experiences, choices, and unexpected turns that shape us.

Get Sold on Yourself! looks at what happens when leaders see what's already there in people and create the space for more of it to come through.

Different books. Same underlying thread.
People impact people.

And I've been incredibly fortunate to have some pretty amazing ones cross my path.

Ninna, my first bestie, whose family became like a second family to me. 💗

Teri, who was my lifeline during a time when Chicago and I weren't exactly getting along. 😂

John, Cathy, Sue, and so many friends who brought laughter, adventures, conversations, and experiences I never could have planned.

And then there are the people who shaped me professionally.
Hans, Chris, Nancy, Mike, Mark, and others who trusted me, challenged me, saw things in me I didn't always see yet, gave me room to grow, and showed me what great leadership can look like.

Some people are with us for a season.
Some walk beside us for decades.
Some are no longer here.

And some probably have no idea how much they influenced who we became.

Writing these books reminded me just how many of my dots have names attached to them.

So this is simply a thank you. 💗

To the people I've named, the many I haven't, and everyone who became part of my story along the way.

And to those of you doing the same for someone else.

You may never know which conversation they'll remember. Which invitation opened a door. Which laugh came exactly when they needed it. Or when your belief in them helped them believe a little more in themselves.

We leave imprints on each other.

Sometimes it takes looking backward to see them.

08/26/2026

Well, this feels pretty official. 😊

Six months, two books, and more rabbit holes than I can count later... here we are.

It's pretty fun to see the story out in the world. 💗

/PRNewswire/ -- Leadership Catalyst and author Pia Jansson is releasing two very different books on the same day, connected by one central idea: understanding...

08/23/2026

At some point, you have to decide it's done.

Not perfect.

Done.

That's a surprisingly difficult distinction when you can always see one more thing to tweak, improve, move, rewrite, or rethink.

Ask me how I know. 😉

With two books heading out into the world in 3 days, I've learned to stop when it aligns. Once it felt final, it was final. No tweaking for over a month. I let it go.

There's something freeing about trusting that you did what you set out to do. That doesn't mean you couldn't keep improving it. You probably could.

It means knowing when you don't need to.

What do you have a hard time letting go of?

08/13/2026

They finally have names.

Get Sold on Yourself! and Connecting the Dots.

Both arrive on August 25.

For a while, I thought I was writing one book.

Turns out I was writing two.

Get Sold on Yourself! is for the leader who knows they're capable but feels something's off. The confidence isn't quite there. The energy has shifted. That edge they once trusted feels harder to access.

It's not about becoming someone new. It's about reconnecting with what's already there, and bringing it forward into who you are today.

Connecting the Dots is a different journey.

It's the stories, people, choices, adventures, and moments across 35+ years that shaped who I am and how I see leadership, business, and life.

Two different books. Two different journeys. One philosophy. And if you've read what I've shared here over the years, you'll probably recognize quite a few of the dots.

More soon. 😉

05/07/2026

When performance and people don’t add up, being a leader takes a lot more energy.

Your team is working hard, but momentum is slow, and the results don't reflect it.

Decisions take more energy.
Things that used to feel clear now feel harder to navigate.

And often, the issue isn’t effort.

Something underneath the surface is draining energy, focus, communication, or performance.

That’s where the Power Zone™ Biz Audit comes in.

In one focused conversation, we uncover:
• where the gap is
• what’s creating friction inside the business
• what needs attention first

A fresh, experienced perspective on what’s really happening.

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04/12/2026

You already know what's wrong.

You've known for a while.

Maybe it's the team dynamic that's been off for months, or the role that stopped fitting.

Maybe it's the way you've been leading when you're running on empty. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦.

You don't need more data or another framework.

You just need someone to say it out loud so you can finally stop second-guessing yourself.

That's the thing about clarity. It's rarely a discovery. It's more like a permission slip.

Someone reflects back what you already sense, and suddenly the fog lifts. Not because they told you something new. Because they made it safe to trust what you already knew.

I've sat with a lot of leaders in that moment. The exhale. The quiet "yeah, I knew that."

It's one of my favorite things to witness.

If you've been carrying something you can't quite name, it's time to say it out loud.

What's the thing you already know but haven't said out loud yet?

04/09/2026

If your team has 8 priorities this quarter...

5 of them are probably just wishes in a spreadsheet.

And that's not a dig. That's just Thursday in SMB land.

Here's what actually happens when the list gets too long:

• Everyone's busy, but nothing moves
• Your best people are spread thin
• You're the one filling the gaps (again)

Notice what's missing? Direction.

The problem isn't effort. You've got plenty of that.

It's that too many priorities is just a fancy way of saying no real priority.

The leaders who move their business forward ask one question before adding anything: Does this move our core metric?

Three priorities that you actually finish beat eight hopeful ones every time.

I know cutting feels risky when everything feels urgent, but what would you cut from your Q2 list if you had to pick just three?

Drop it below. I'm genuinely curious what makes the cut.

04/07/2026

You're off your game today, and you know it.

Low energy. Distracted. Not bringing your A-game.

Here's the reframe: it's data.

Many leaders treat off days like a character flaw. They push harder, fake the energy, or spiral into self-doubt until it all falls apart. None of that works.

What if instead, you got curious?

Is there a reason why you're feeling off? Did something happen, or did you push yourself too hard?

A decision might be sitting unresolved, quietly draining you. Or you've simply been operating outside your zone for too long.

The leaders who perform best long-term aren't the ones who never dip. They're the ones who know how to read their bodies' signals and take a break long enough to identify why.

When I work with sales leaders and founders, we don't skip past the off days. We mine them. Because inside that low-energy Tuesday is usually an aha moment waiting to happen.

Your strengths don't disappear on hard days. But in overdrive, they flip.

Let's say you're normally tireless, driven, lead-by-example, hungry, and relentless.

When in overdrive, you may be overcommitted, unable to say no, burnt out, and blind to what's breaking.

Same strength. Different energy level.

So next time you're off, don't fight it. Instead, ask yourself: What is this day actually trying to show you?

04/02/2026

You don't need a new strategy.

You need your edge back.

There's a version of you that didn't have to white-knuckle every decision. Where decisions came faster, and energy wasn't something you had to manage. You just moved.

You shifted somewhere along the way.

So you did what many leaders do. You added more. More structure, planning, and effort. You optimized the systems around you while quietly drifting from the thing that made you sharp.

The strategy isn't broken. You're just not in it the way you used to be.

And no amount of better planning fixes that.

The leaders I see turn things around fast aren't the ones who found a smarter framework. They're the ones who stopped outsourcing their momentum to process and came back to how they naturally operate.

It requires stopping, not starting.

That's where the edge lives.

Not in the next plan. In you.

What would it feel like to lead from that place again?