Coaching a junior analyst. Translating between the SOC and the C-suite. Holding a team together through an incident. These are cyber skills, even if they never show up on a certification track. This talk reboots how we think about cyber culture by treating leadership, communication, and mentorship as core infrastructure rather than nice-to-haves. As the field grows more complex, the technicians who carry the work forward are the ones who also grow into collaborators, trusted advisors, and leaders.