Episode 27: Reclaiming Your Leadership Identity

Leadership draws criticism, most of which comes from people who have never led. They don’t see what you see from the leader’s vantage point, nor do they understand the pressures you face. They don’t know that every “yes” means saying “no” to something else. They don’t know that you were up when they were sleep and that you were working when they were resting. They don’t accept that leaders are people with feelings, faults, bad days, and breakdowns. When we express the discomfort of leadership, they are quick to say, “To whom much is given much is required.”  But, unless they’ve paid the cost of being the boss themselves, that truth feels like criticism when what we need is compassion. As a leader, I get it and, in this episode, we are going to talk about it.