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Most leaders are drowning because they refuse to climb
A lighthouse never leaves its post to go pull a ship out of trouble. It just stays lit and stays exactly where it is, so that every ship out there can find its own way past the rocks.
As leaders, we spend a lot of time thinking about rescuing. I see it constantly with my clients. They get so pulled into the day-to-day weeds of running the business that they never make it back up to the top of their own lighthouse.
Are You Building the Boardwalk?
There were so many questions and almost no answers. People wanted to know what their role would look like, and whether their project still mattered. I didn't have most of those answers either. It was a hard stretch as a leader.
The One Spot I Didn’t Protect
Look, most of us are actually pretty decent at protection. We shield our teams from office drama and politics they don't need to carry. Our numbers get watched. Our client relationships get guarded like they're the whole business, because let's be honest, half the time they are.
~50% and a few wipeouts
What separates a good surfer from a beginner isn't avoiding the wipeout. It's what they do the second they surface. They shake it off, paddle back out, and try the next wave with a little more information than they had before.
is the horizon moving?
I made it eventually and grabbed the edge of that raft, out of breath and very proud of myself.
I've been thinking about that raft in my coaching conversations. I’m hearing from my leaders about target shifts, and how they are navigating what feels like choppy waters trying to figure this out and communicate with their teams.
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