Fight for Space Why Every Leader Needs Micro, Medium, and Macro Breaks

About this episode

Alan Briggs discusses the importance of creating space in a leader's schedule to enhance productivity and decision-making.

In this episode, Alan Briggs brings two of his popular Taking Steps video emails to the H2 Leadership Podcast — short, practical teachings he sends to leaders every couple of weeks. Today's focus is space. Not the theoretical kind. The kind you actually have to fight for in a real schedule with real demands pulling on you from every direction. If you're constantly behind, constantly stressed, and never quite present in the moment — Alan has a reframe for you. Space is not a luxury. It is an occupational requirement of leadership. And if you don't fight for it, it is not going to show up on its own. Alan walks through three types of space every leader needs to build into their life, and then zooms in on one of the most powerful practices he's implemented in his own leadership — the quarterly think day. Eight hours, no meetings, no email, just deep thinking on the biggest decisions and opportunities in front of him. The results have been consistently transformative. What You'll Learn in This Episode: Why the way most leaders think about time is actively working against them The three types of space every leader must fight for: micro, medium, and macro What micro space looks like in…

People in this episode

Host: Alan Briggs

Topics covered

• leadership
• time management
• personal development
• work-life balance
• strategic thinking

Keywords

• micro breaks
• medium breaks
• macro breaks
• quarterly think day
• leadership practices

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: H2 Leadership

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