Enhance Your Leadership Presence By Doing Less Of What You're Good At

If you're naturally assertive, try being a little more receptive.

If you're accommodating, practice being more direct.

If you're kind, don't shy away from being firm.

If you're decisive, make a little more room for other perspectives.

If you're thoughtful, get to the point sooner.

You don't need to become someone else. Your natural strengths are valuable and give your leadership style its unique flavor.

But when you lean too heavily on one way of showing up, you can lose something important on the other side.

Every strength has a tipping point. Assertiveness can turn into domination. Kindness can turn into avoidance. Thoughtfulness can turn into overthinking. Decisiveness can turn into impatience.

Leadership presence isn't about adopting a one-size-fits-all leadership style. It's about recognizing when your default approach isn't serving you or others (or your career!), and being willing to adjust.

One click of the dial in the other direction can make all the difference.

This is at the heart of leadership coaching: building the awareness and flexibility to choose how you show up, rather than automatically falling back on your default settings.

Where might one click of the dial make a difference in your leadership?