Human Capital Leadership YOUR EGO IS SHOWING, with Christie Garcia
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Apr 2, 2026 Christie Garcia, founder of Mindful Choice and author of Your Ego Is Showing, is an ego-management and leadership coach with two decades in sales and talent development. She explores unconscious ego-driven behavior and the benefits of ego awareness. Christie outlines ego types, reframes ego as mixed-strengths, and discusses balancing and reading egos for better team dynamics.
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Why She Wrote Your Ego Is Showing
- Christie Garcia wrote the book because AI risk pushed her to capture her unique Ego Management framework from her leadership academy.
- She translated 16 years of coaching into a concise crash course that took months to write but much longer to publish.
Most Leadership Behavior Is Unconscious
- Garcia cites research that about 95% of our daily behavior is unconscious and driven by automatic responses.
- Examples include emotional reactions, not speaking up in meetings, avoiding delegation, and not asking for raises due to hidden fears rooted in childhood.
Buy Back Time By Naming Ego Habits
- Do track and name unconscious ego habits to buy back time and reduce drama in your day.
- Recognize ego-driven urgency, people-pleasing, and overcommitment so you can choose deliberate responses instead of reactive loops.
