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Edge of Possibilities
Think about the most powerful person you have ever been in a room with. Not the loudest. The most powerful.
I would put money on this, they were calm. Not switched off, not passive, calm. There was a stillness to them. They did not rush to fill silences. They did not get rattled when someone pushed...
You're good at your job. The results are there. People look to you. And yet there's a quiet voice that says you're getting away with something, and one day everyone will find out.
Most leaders are told that's imposter syndrome. That you just need more confidence, more evidence, more time in the rol...
Edge of Possibilities | Liz Murray |Â Leadership Development
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June 30 is almost here.
And if you're like most leaders right now, you're heads down. Finalising budgets. Closing out performance reviews. Getting through the list.
But before you cross the line into a new fi...
Most leaders are operating below their actual authority and don't know it.
Not because they're failing. Not because they lack skill or effort.
Because authority drift is silent. It builds gradually, beneath the surface, in the small decisions, behaviours, and patterns that accumulate over months and...
Most leaders don't find out their authority is drifting until the damage is already done.
Not because they aren't paying attention. Not because they don't care.
Because authority drift is silent. It doesn't send a warning. It doesn't show up in a performance review or a budget report. It shows up in...
There is a trap that catches the best leaders.
Not the ones who are struggling. Not the ones who are disengaged or checked out.
The ones who are capable, driven, and results-focused.
It is the busy trap. And it is dangerous precisely because it does not feel like a trap. It feels like leadership....
What Happens When You Decide to Be Exceptional
There is a moment in every leader’s growth where the shift is not loud or dramatic or even obvious to anyone else.Â
It happens quietly, internally, almost like a recalibration.Â
It is the decision to stop tolerating your own drift and step back into ...
Most leaders think culture is something they build intentionally.
A values workshop. A team offsite. A mission statement that everyone agrees on and signs off on and then quietly forgets about by the following Tuesday.
But culture is not built in those moments.
It is built in every conversation y...
Ask most leaders what holds them back from setting boundaries and you will hear some version of the same answer.
I don't want to be that kind of leader.
They have a picture in their head of what boundary setting looks like. The manager who called someone out in front of the whole team. The boss wh...
What leaders think is kindness is actually chaos
Most leaders I work with are not deliberately lowering the bar.
They are trying to be good leaders.
They are trying to be supportive. Considerate. Aware of the pressure their team is already under. And so when something isn't quite right, when a st...
Most leaders I work with are not conflict-averse.
They're clarity-averse.
They don't avoid people. They avoid the moment. The specific, direct, this-is-what-I-need-from-you moment that feels too exposing, too risky, or simply too hard to get right.
And so instead of saying the thing clearly, they...
Most leaders don’t realise when they’ve stopped leading and started controlling.
It rarely begins with ego.
Usually, it starts with pressure.
Deadlines.
Underperformance.
Things slipping through the cracks.
A growing sense that if you don’t step in, things won’t get done properly.
So you step in...