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Edge of Possibilities
One of my biggest strengths as a leader has also been one of my biggest blind spots.
I can see the big picture. I can see where we're heading and every step it'll take to get there. So I give everyone the training and the information they need, and then I expect them to get on with it.
What I have...
A while back, I asked ChatGPT how to handle a situation with someone in my team.
The advice I got was pretty helpful. It gave me simple steps and some really good questions to ask. But it never asked me a single question about me.
If I didn't know better, I would have walked into that meeting quie...
"I know I'm doing it. It's just what I always do."
I hear some version of that from experienced leaders all the time. Smart, reflective people who've read the books and done the courses. They can describe their habit in detail, down to exactly when it shows up, and it still runs.
If that sounds fami...
There's a version of being a good leader that looks a lot like being available. Answering every message. Picking up the part of a project that's stalled. Stepping in the moment someone's stuck rather than watching them sit in it a while longer. It feels like care. For a long time, I called it care t...
There's a specific kind of tired that has nothing to do with hours worked. You walk out of a team meeting having filled every gap, smoothed every tension, done the thinking your people should have done themselves. You had the conversation that needed having, but you softened it enough that you're no...
By Liz Murray | Edge of Possibilities
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There is a type of leader I recognise immediately.
They move through the day competently. Meetings run. Decisions get made. The team sees someone steady and capable. To the people around them, everything looks fine.
Underneath? It's different. There's a ve...
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....
 Have you ever told yourself you’re just being proactive…
when in reality, you’re carrying far more than you should?
Many high-performing leaders pride themselves on seeing everything. The gaps. The risks. What needs to happen next. But there’s a fine line between awareness and over-functioning and...
I remember sitting in a meeting, completely absorbed in the fine details of a problem.
The more I focused on what was going wrong, the heavier the room felt.
My team looked to me for clarity, but instead of lifting them up, I was pulling them into my overwhelm.
At the time, I thought this was lea...