Bonus: Blind Spots to Breakthroughs

15/10/2025 1h 13min Temporada 1 Episodio 9
Bonus: Blind Spots to Breakthroughs

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What if the very habits that built your success are now capping it? We dive into five leadership behaviors that start as strengths and quietly harden into ceilings: rigid thinking, people pleasing, over-reliance on hustle, perfectionism, and impatience. Our goal isn’t to shame your wiring; it’s to layer the right skills on top so you adapt, delegate, and execute with clarity.We start by reframing behaviors as changeable—not identity. From there, we unpack how stability can become stagnation and how harmony can morph into artificial peace that hides avoidance. You’ll learn to test small instead of betting the farm, invite thought challengers so assumptions don’t go unexamined, and replace vague praise with kind-but-clear feedback that actually moves performance. For leaders stuck in “busy,” we walk through the leverage ladder: prioritize high-value work, measure impact over hours, and use delegation and automation to scale without burning out. If perfection has you stalling, we normalize 80% launches, set “done by” dates, and use versioning to learn from the market faster. And for those wired with high urgency, we channel that responsiveness into strategic patience—impatient for action, patient for results—so your team gains momentum instead of whiplash.We weave in research on decision quality, team performance, and stress reduction, plus real stories from the field that show how small shifts create outsized returns. You’ll leave with a practical playbook to mine healthy conflict, protect your focus, empower others to solve problems, and design an environment that supports change. Leadership is a journey, not a personality test score. When you combine your natural drive with learned skill, everyone wins.If this resonated, subscribe, leave a quick review, and share it with a leader who’s ready to turn blind spots into breakthroughs. Then grab the free ebook and behavioral assessment from our toolkit and tell us: which behavior are you upgrading first?

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