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Learning > Change

This is a formula for success.

Your ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, the rate at which you adopt and expand your skills as leader, needs to exceed the rate at which your environment ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

If not, you’ll fall behind and others will pass you by.

Has your learning kept up? Are you consistently making time for personal and professional development?

Prioritizing your full inbox, however inevitable and important it might feel, is short-term thinking. And it will never get empty.

As leaders, we face bigger expectations, more complex challenges, and higher stakes.

So how do you ensure your growth stays ahead of the curve? Here are three steps:

1๏ธโƒฃ Reflect Regularly
Block out time each week to review whatโ€™s working, whatโ€™s not, and what you can learn from it all.

2๏ธโƒฃ Seek Feedback
Blind spots grow in the dark. Ask for candid input oftenโ€”donโ€™t wait for formal reviews.
๐˜ˆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜‰๐˜™ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด: 95% ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง-๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ 10-15% ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.

3๏ธโƒฃ Invest in Yourself
Read, take courses, or get help. Your development isnโ€™t a โ€œnice-to-haveโ€ but a โ€œmust-have.โ€

Change is inevitable. Falling behind doesnโ€™t have to be.

How has your learning kept pace with your changing role over the past year?

How to Have Real Conversations & Connect With People

Person A: “I, I, I, me, me, me.”
Person B: “Fascinating! Because I, I, I, me, me, me.”
Person A: “That’s so true, reminds me of… I, I, I, me, me, me.”

This is how most ‘conversations’ go: two people taking turns talking about themselves.

Itโ€™s not surprising. Weโ€™re wired to think about ourselves most of the time.

But when all we do is talk about ourselves, we miss out on something important.

We donโ€™t learn anything new.
We donโ€™t grow.
We donโ€™t build real connections.

๐Ÿ’ก ๐——๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—” ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—•. ๐—•๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–.

Person C makes conversations meaningful.

If someone brings up a topic, they ask questions like:

“What does that mean to you?”
“How did you get into that?”
“What do you like most about it?”

Person C doesnโ€™t just talkโ€”they listen and learn.

This doesnโ€™t mean you should never talk about yourself. Conversations are a two-way street. But when you go into a conversation with curiosity and a desire to learn, amazing things happen:

๐ŸŒŸ You learn new things.
๐Ÿ‘€ You see the world in new ways.
โค๏ธ You build stronger relationships.
๐Ÿค People feel heard and valued.

Next time youโ€™re in a conversation, pause and ask yourself:

๐—”๐—บ ๐—œ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜†, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—œ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ?

This small change can make a big difference.

As a Leader, Do You Always Need to Have the Answer?

Youโ€™re not a search engine.

But as a new leader, it can feel like you have to be one.

Your team asks questions. Pings you on Teams. Calls. Emails. And the instinct? Respond. Immediately. Every single time.

The problem? Constant interruptions chip away at your ability to focus, and focus is what you need most as a leader.

Itโ€™s what allows you to steer the ship, plan strategically, and make thoughtful decisions for your teamโ€™s success.

When you spend your days responding to every ping and notification, you lose the time and energy for the deep thinking that drives real progress.

What can you do?

โ€ข ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Set a daily hour of uninterrupted focus for you and your team.
โ€ข ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: Encourage your team to solve what they can without you, building their confidence along the way.
โ€ข ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ: Leadership is about guiding the team toward long-term success, not managing every moment.

Start protecting your focus.

Itโ€™s the key to being the leader your team needs.