LIZ HOLTZINGER

Professor | Writer | Strategist

I’m a professor, writer, and strategist focused on personal and organizational clarity and leadership inside complex systems.For more than two decades, I’ve examined how communication shapes judgment and decision-making in healthcare, education, and business.Across systems, groups, and individuals, the through-line has remained the same: clarity matters. When people are oriented to themselves first, they lead—and act—with greater coherence, especially under pressure.This site currently serves as a home base for materials connected to my forthcoming book,
Lead Yourself First: Return to Yourself and Lead from Alignment, Presence, and Truth (Wolf Media Group, April 2026), including the Leadership Compass framework referenced in the book.
My ongoing writing lives on Unfold where I explore clarity, transition, leadership, and orientation through long-form essays.More will unfold here over time. For now, this space exists to support the work—quietly and intentionally.