Sometimes Leadership Looks Like the Kitchen Table Christmas has a way of slowing us down, whether we plan for it or not. For me, that slowdown often happens in the kitchen, hands dusted with flour, a loaf of sourdough quietly rising on the counter. I grew up in rural South Carolina, where food was more than fuel. It was how family gathered. It was how stories were told. It was how love showed up without needing fancy words. Baking sourdough during Christmas brings me back to