Lead Thyself

Leadership isn’t defined by what happens in the boardroom – it’s defined by the choices leaders make when no one is watching. Those quiet moments reveal patterns: where attention goes, what triggers emotion, how one prepares for difficult conversations, and the inner monologue that shapes external behavior.

Most leaders underestimate how much their internal state influences their organization. Leaders advance when they become more aware of the moments between moments – the pauses, assumptions, tensions, reactions, and intuitions that quietly shape culture. When leaders change the way they show up internally, everything around them changes externally.

Leadership is an inner practice long before it becomes an outer role.

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TED Talk: Rethinking Your Assumptions – Adam Grant

Book: The Inner Game of Work – W. Timothy Gallwey

Research:  Why Emotional Intelligence is Important in Leadership – HBS