Awareness is not change. Once you have named a leadership pattern, the harder question is what to do with it. This piece walks through a workable six-step process. Name the pattern precisely, identify its trigger and payoff and cost, reconnect with the value you want to express, and design one small experiment that lets a new response actually land.
Under pressure, executive leadership archetypes narrow to one familiar mode, and leaders overuse it. This piece explores how the Magician, Sage, and Ruler archetypes show up in meetings, decisions, and culture and what changes when you learn to move among these executive leadership archetypes with intention.
The parts of us we avoid often shape how we lead.
Excerpt for posting: The boardroom reflects more than strategy and talent—it reveals the unspoken patterns leaders bring with them. Defensiveness, control, perfectionism, and avoidance can quietly undermine even the most capable leaders. Here’s how to recognize these six shadow patterns and transform them into integrated leadership