Same People, Same Patterns: Resetting Stuck Relationships at Work

What to Expect

We're a month into 2026. For many of us, the optimism of the new year has already faded. The difficult conversations you were going to have before the end of the year? Some happened. Some didn't.

Either way, the patterns are still here.

The same tensions showing up in different conversations. The same circular discussions with your team. The same impossible positions with stakeholders. The same dynamics—just in new packaging.

Having difficult conversations doesn't always reset the underlying dynamic. One conversation can surface an issue, create some clarity, even shift things temporarily. But if you find yourself back in the same pattern a few weeks later, it's not because you did it wrong.

It's because stuck relationships aren't always about what you're saying. They're about the underlying patterns and mismatched expectations that no one has made explicit.

This short, practical session will help you:

🔄 Recognize the Drama Triangle and Empowerment Triangle—two of the most common relational patterns that keep individuals and teams stuck
🧠 Use insights from neuroscience to interrupt reactive cycles before they escalate
🎯 Surface the hidden expectations driving tension in your key relationships
🤝 Build working agreements that actually reset the dynamic

No role-plays. No forced sharing. Just frameworks I use daily in coaching sessions—tools that have helped my clients transform their most challenging relationships.

You'll Leave With

• How to spot the Drama Triangle in real time and shift to the Empowerment Triangle
• A practical approach for surfacing expectations and building agreements
• The understanding that resetting relationships is ongoing leadership work, not a one-time fix

Format: 60 minutes · Teaching + Tools + Q&A.
Date: Wednesday, February 25th
Time: 9am PST / Noon EST / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET

Cost: Free

About Kate Leto

Kate Leto is an Executive Coach working with senior leaders, leadership teams, and boards in technology organizations.

She specializes in moments of growth, change, or transition — when old ways of leading no longer work. Her work focuses on the challenges leaders are actually facing: complex decision-making, tension between stakeholders, and shifting roles and authority. She pays particular attention to the unspoken dynamics that shape decisions and relationships at senior levels — and how these affect organizational performance over time.

Before coaching, Kate held senior leadership roles in product management and digital transformation for over 25 years. She's accredited through the Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute and the ICF.

She write regularly about the interpersonal challenges of leadership—follow along here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateleto/