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The Surprising Key to Strategic Leadership: Pausing
The Busy Leader’s Dilemma “My days are filled with back-to-back meetings; my inbox is a mile deep, and I am always behind,” Adrian, a senior director at a Fortune 100 company, told me during one of our sessions. He was constantly firefighting, trapped in a cycle of reactivity. Despite the appearance of productivity, Adrian felt stagnant. On top of it, his manager asked him to be more “strategic.” To Adrian, that felt like being asked to do more when he was already at capacity. If you are reading this, chances are you’ve had similar moments. You want to be a strategic leader, but you feel like there’s no time to…
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Unlocking Leadership Through Inner Alignment: Rebecca’s Executive Coaching Journey
What does it take to grow as a leader? Especially when the usual strategies like “delegate more” or “think strategically” fall flat in the face of daily overwhelm? For many senior leaders, the answer lies not in more tactics but in deeper inner alignment. This is the story of Rebecca, a senior leader in the manufacturing industry, who made a powerful shift not by working harder, but by tuning in to her internal operating system. Her coaching journey illustrates how unleashing leadership capacity starts from within. The Challenge: When Feedback Falls Flat Rebecca, a 45-year-old senior leader at a global manufacturing company, had just received performance feedback that many executives…
