Leaders…Press Pause
Leaders...Press Pause This week, I have been reading Miracles of Love by Ram Dass while on vacation, and one idea keeps returning. He writes about what it means to lead when familiar reference points begin to shift. He calls it cultural drift, those moments when the old playbooks no longer apply and we are left navigating without clear precedent. Leaders today know that feeling well. We operate in constant motion, reacting quickly to the pressure of urgency that surrounds us. The instinct to respond fast becomes the culture itself. Meetings speed up, listening narrows, and doing replaces understanding. I caught myself doing it this week. The most effective leaders learn to pause inside...
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