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Have you experienced this leadership profile?

Brilliant. Prepared. Committed to results.

Yet the leader is unaware of the silence created in the room that leads to employee disengagement and performance impacts….influencing personal overwork and burnout.

There’s an alternative way to lead as shared in this article.

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Called out.

At a local speaker’s association meeting, I prefaced my response to an audience question with: “ 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬.”

The speaker stopped me mid-sentence. His response, though bluntly delivered, cut to the truth: “𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞, 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞.”

Zinger.

I sat with that and with myself.

The truth is: I AM a first-generation kid. I AM amongst the first in my family to complete high school, earn undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, build a career in corporate America, and now own a leadership and career development practice.

That took grit, gumption, and grace, wrapped in faith and a willingness to keep learning and adapting.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥. 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐈 𝐫𝐨𝐛 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬.

That’s the work I do with leaders: I help them stop shrinking from the story that shaped them and start leading from it.

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝑰’𝒎 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓. 𝑴𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕-𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕. 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏.

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮: What are your “I AM” realities? How are you letting them inform your leadership, or are you shrinking from them?

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲?

As I advance through a coach training program, I am reminded of the influence childhood experiences can have on the leaders we become today. That insight has powerful implications, and prompted me to reflect on my own.

I am the ninth of nine children. In nearly every room I was in growing up, the rule was simple: children were seen, not heard. So I learned to observe, to process, and to disappear into the background. It was easy to become invisible in the room.

That default behavior followed me into my professional life. There have been times I remained silent when I should have used my voice.

Speaking up as an afterthought doesn't reflect a strong executive presence. But overcorrecting into blunt communication isn’t the answer.

I've had to learn, and I'm still learning, that the goal is not just to speak. It's to speak well, at the right moment, in the right way.

While still working on achieving balance in speaking, here are a few lessons learned along the way:

⦿ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦. Situational awareness shapes how your message lands. Not every moment calls for the same voice or approach.

⦿ 𝐄𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. In tough or sensitive situations, identify those who can help amplify or frame your message. There is wisdom in knowing who is in your corner.

⦿ 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭. Intentional silence is not invisible leadership. Sometimes, it is the highest expression.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲?

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