What would this actually look like?

✔️No mistakes.

✔️No emotional reactions to stressful situations.

✔️Sufficient time allotted to coach every team member in their own unique way.

So many leaders I speak with care about their teams and want to help them thrive while driving strong business results. The challenge I see is that those same people-focused, dedicated leaders are tired. Their energy stores are often close to depleted.

We need our energy stores at full capacity so that we can:

Present effectively to a client or customer

Synthesize data and draw appropriate conclusions

Evaluate the health of a project

Identify new ideas or continuous improvement opportunities

What does working at the top of our license mean if we're not in a licensed profession?

🎯It means we need to assess ourselves, our skills, and the value we offer an organization when we focus on those things.

🎯It means that we're spending the bulk of our work efforts doing the work we are more uniquely qualified to do.

🎯It means that we're looking at ways to eliminate, reduce, automate, reduce, or delegate the work activities that are not using those higher-valued skills that add the most significant impact to the organization.

We are all imperfect leaders, of ourselves and of others. However, along our life journey, we have the opportunity to learn lessons that we can take forward as we become more intentional leaders. Though these lessons were hard at the time, I am thankful for the experiences and the leadership coaching I received that have helped me become more intentional in my style.

Recently, I heard the phrase "Covid cloud" about how we've been making decisions in our personal and professional lives. Every choice is filtered with thoughts about Covid's implications for ourselves and others. If you spend just a few minutes thinking about it, you'll realize how many decisions have this filter in them.

If you are currently in a leadership role or led before – whether in a work organization or a community group – you raised your hand for the opportunity, or you were asked if you wanted this challenge. What made you express interest and say yes? Did you ever consider saying no?