[S5, Ep39] The Leadership Shift in the Messy Middle

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of internal work in leadership and separating identity from output in business.

Send us Fan Mail What do you do when your own wiring (your 'get $h*t done' attitude) starts to work against you? Until you directly look at the hyper achiever energy that got you to this point in your business, and do the internal work to separate your identity from your output, no amount of hiring, restructuring or strategic planning is going to move the needle the way you need it to. That's what this episode is really about: The internal work that actually has to happen first. ✨ Episo...

People in this episode

Host: Lindsay White

Topics covered

• leadership
• internal work
• business identity
• hyper achiever energy
• strategic planning
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• leadership shift
• messy middle
• hyper achiever
• business growth
• internal work
• entrepreneurship

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