How to be a stressed leader...
How to be a Stressed Leader.
The quickest way to create stress is to get in someone else’s business
What are they thinking?
Why are they doing that?
How can I get them to do x?
How can I stop them from x?
You should do x
You shouldn’t do x
When being the boss becomes guessing, pushing, trying to solve people, work them out, manipulate, tell them what to do or not do, work out what’s wrong with them, you have moved into inescapable stress and struggle.
There is no level of skill in the above 👆 that will turn you into a calm, confident, capable leader.
Leadership is about facilitation of self leadership, self knowledge and self improvement.
That’s YOUR business.
As soon as you’re in someone else’s business you’re lost.
Want the next one before it’s public?
CXO Secrets is where I send the thinking that doesn’t make it onto the blog — short, direct, no fluff.
Subscribe to CXO SecretsWant more of this, in book form?
Be Where You Are: Conversations with a CEO turns these ideas into real stories from actual CEO conversations — no filler.
Get the Book