Your weekly spark of leadership lessons, strategic actions & story-fueled insights to help you lead boldly through the messy middle. The messy middle is that foggy, frustrating space between where you are and where you want to be.
Between ambition and burnout, performance and purpose.
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Delegation isn’t just about keeping your workload manageable (though it does help you avoid burnout, overwhelm, and a dip in quality). It’s also about developing the people around you.
We’ve been told “no” is a complete sentence. But let’s be honest, it rarely feels like one. Sure, it’s technically true. But professionally? Socially? Saying just no can feel more like a slap than a boundary.
Last week in one of my private Leading Through Complexity cohorts, a leader asked me: “What’s the real difference between a manager and a leader?” It’s a question I’ve been asked before. But this time, it hit differently.
