Self-leadership
When being capable becomes a leadership problem
What once made you indispensable can later make it hard to lead through others. Letting go of competence as identity is one of the harder transitions in senior roles.
Short essays and perspectives on responsibility, relationships, performance and what happens beneath the surface when people lead.
What once made you indispensable can later make it hard to lead through others. Letting go of competence as identity is one of the harder transitions in senior roles.
The larger the mandate, the fewer the rooms where you can think unfinished thoughts. That is why a qualified, confidential conversation is not a luxury but sometimes part of leadership that works.
What looks like insecurity can sometimes be an intelligent defence. The question isn't always how to build it away — but what it is trying to protect.