Welcome — I’m Priscilla Sombe

Category: Reflections

  • The Most Dangerous Walkout Is the One You Never See

    Most leaders believe the worst-case scenario is a public protest. A walkout. Voices raised. Demands made visible. But history, and experience, tell a quieter, more unsettling truth. The most dangerous walkout is the silent one. It happens without signs. Without announcements. Without disruption to operations…at least not immediately. The employee still shows up. They still…

  • Who Are We Leaving Behind While We Empower Others?

    I was recently in conversation with someone, and we were discussing empowerment, particularly the global focus on uplifting girls and women. It is a cause I deeply believe in. I have seen firsthand what happens when a girl is given confidence, education, and permission to see herself as capable. But she said something that stayed…

  • The One Thing No Institution Can Give You

    The most important credential you’ll ever have won’t be printed on paper.It won’t hang on your wall. No institution will hand it to you. Nobody gets to validate it but you.It’s your refusal to abandon yourself just to keep people around.Most of us don’t lose ourselves all at once. We do it slowly. Quietly. In…

  • 💫What Do We Do With Answered Prayers?💫

    Bible Passage:📖“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights.” Prayer:🙏🏾Heavenly Father,We thank You for the prayers You have answered, both the ones we recognized immediately and the ones we only understood later. Guard our hearts from entitlement and pride. Teach us to respond to Your blessings…

  • Why Misaligned Systems Fear Clear Thinking

    I used to believe that organizations pushed out chaos makers.The loud ones.The reckless ones.The ones who stirred things up just for the sake of noise. But lived experience teaches you otherwise. Misaligned systems don’t expel chaos.They learn to live with it. Chaos is familiar.It hides in vague processes, shifting explanations, and unspoken rules.It survives because…

  • BE YOUR OWN MUSE

    When the noise gets loud and everyone’s trying to tell you who to be, the most powerful move is to turn inward and honor the wisdom you already carry. Legacy brands do this well, they revisit their archives, stay rooted in their origins, and protect their DNA even as they evolve. You’re no different. You’re…

  • Personal Branding – Story Telling

    Personal branding and employer branding are two sides of the same strategy. One builds confidence.The other builds culture. When both align, we create spaces, and experiences, where people feel seen, valued, and empowered to grow. This short Sora-powered video is a first look at how I’m merging storytelling, identity, leadership, and image into one cohesive…

  • January 11 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

    January 11 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day – a day that calls for heightened vigilance across every industry, especially hospitality, travel, tourism, and customer-facing environments. In our world, we don’t just welcome guests – we observe movement, energy, and patterns. We see the quiet things others overlook. And sometimes, those quiet things matter more…

  • Stranger Things on Broadway: Showing Up, Even When Life Doesn’t Make It Easy

    New York has a way of testing you right when you have plans. Every single time.This year, my daughter and I kept our annual Broadway tradition alive. One night, one show, one chance to step away from everything else and just be together.But I wasn’t feeling great. I’d had a food reaction earlier and was…

  • I love the stories we tell without saying anything.

    Someone asked me the other day, casually, over coffee – why I’m so into personal branding.I didn’t have some polished answer ready. I just said, “I love the stories we tell without saying anything.”They stopped mid-sip. Smiled. “Huh. Yeah. It really is that simple, isn’t it?”And honestly? It is.Before we ever explain who we are,…