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Can I tell you where most leadership growth breaks down?

Published about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Can I tell you where most leadership growth breaks down?

Hi Reader,

Can I tell you something I see leaders struggle with all the time?

Most leaders who are stuck already know what they should be doing.

They've read the books. They've listened to the podcasts. They've sat through the trainings.

But when real pressure hits, things change.

A hard conversation. A difficult season. Something they've been avoiding.

Suddenly, that knowledge becomes a lot harder to apply consistently.

This month we've been talking about why leadership improvement stalls.

I want to zoom out today. Because there's a bigger picture I haven't named yet.

Most leaders who are stuck don't have an information gap. They're not stuck because they don't know what good leadership looks like.

They're stuck because knowing and doing are not the same thing.

And often, this is the part that can feel the most frustrating,realizing you already know what needs to change, but still feeling stuck in the same patterns.

And that's exactly what this issue is about.

The gap between knowing and doing is where leaders lose the most ground.

Implementation is hard.

Not because leaders lack commitment.

But because turning "I know what I need to do" into consistent behavior is hard.

Especially during a hard week. A hard conversation. Or a situation you'd rather avoid.

It requires someone walking with you through it.

Because white-knuckling your way through leadership change usually doesn't last.

A lot of leaders think they need more discipline when what they actually need is support and structure they can keep returning to when things get hard.

Most leadership development gives you insight. Very little of it gives you guided implementation.

That's the gap. And it's why the same problems keep coming back even when leaders have all the right knowledge.

And the more I coach leaders through this, the more convinced I am that leadership change is hard to sustain alone.

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Until next week,

Sharon
Founder, Leadership Coach & Strategist
Justice Leadership
sharon@justiceleadership.com

P.S. And if this resonates, hit reply and tell me: What's the leadership challenge you keep finding yourself stuck in lately? I read every response personally, and it helps me understand what leaders are carrying right now.

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Sharon Justice

Stop dreading the hard stuff. Turn people challenges into business results. People Strategist helping founders & managers transfer ownership so teams execute. Creator: CALG Leadership Blueprint: Clarify Align. Lead. Grow

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