You are feeling stuck. You feel drained. You have lost your impact.
Every leader goes through one or all of these feelings at least once in their career. Some of us, more than once.
Much of it comes from the systems organizations build. Those systems give leaders responsibility but no authority. Or they want them to be strategic, but each meeting and daily query pulls them back into operations.
But as hard as it is to admit it, we, as leaders, play a big role in keeping ourselves stuck.
Our beliefs, our habits and behaviors often not only contribute but are at the core of our losing our impact.
It could be that skills and behaviors that worked in the past are no longer relevant to our current role or organizational context. Or our inability to set boundaries, which wasn’t such a big issue back when the workload was manageable, is now causing us to drown.
Or something else we are so used to that we don’t even notice, but that undermines our efforts every day.
The problem? Unless we know what those behaviors, habits and beliefs are, we can’t change them. And the feelings of powerlessness, overwhelm and frustration will not go away.
If you are having trouble determining what is blocking your progress, you can take the Leadership Impact Blocker Diagnostic.
It takes 3 minutes. It is free. And it will give you clarity on what is blocking you as well as some practical tips on how to overcome your blockers