Every organisation believes its biggest threats are external. The economy, the market, the competitors.
But the deeper truth, the one most leaders avoid, is that companies rarely collapse from the outside in. They collapse from the inside out. They stall when leadership stops paying attention to the small signals that eventually become structural cracks.
This week, commit to a 1% shift in how you lead, think or show up.
Neuroscience confirms that small, repeated changes rewire the brain far more effectively than dramatic overhauls. This is know as “the slight edge”, the quiet habits that compound into mastery over time.
There is a quiet truth in leadership that most people overlook:
You do not rise because you work harder.
In every breakthrough story, there is a hidden variable. The people who surround the leader.
Transformation rarely happens in isolation, it happens in context and your circle is that context. Research from the Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the longest-running studies on human flourishing, shows that the strength of our close relationships is a stronger predictor of long-term health and success than wealth or status.
Former President of Spelman College and Sociologist Dr. Patricia Hill Collins, a pioneering American sociologist and one of the most influential voices in Black feminist thought reminds us that networks and communities create the ‘matrix of empowerment’ that shapes how leaders navigate opportunity and resistance.
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I love this article, it really resonates with me. As leaders, especially women leaders, it's very easy to cram a lot of 'to do items' into one day, but focusing on the 1% and being consistent with it will really move the needle of achievement in the right direction and make the big difference