Overcoming the Barriers of Leadership
The Look & Sound of Leadership

Overcoming the Barriers of Leadership

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 6, 202620 min

A chief officer reflects on the burdens of senior leadership. While grateful for its privileges, he’s keenly aware his title can put up barriers between himself and others. Typical burdens of leadership: People put up barriers because of your power;You are a public figure and will get judged, often harshly;You are always on display;Feeling entitled because of your heavy lifting. Tom suggests three tips to help you manage your power: Get conscious about your power;Share selectively;Be humble. Resources for...

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Welcome to the Look and Sound of Leadership, an ongoing series of executive coaching tips designed to help you be perceived in the workplace the way you want to be perceived. I'm Tom Henschel, your executive coach, and today we're talking about overcoming the barriers of leadership.

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Imran was one of the most well-balanced leaders I'd known. He was thoughtful, generous, and always open to having his ideas challenged. We had been working together many years. I'd been beside him as he rose into a chief officer role at a tech company employing more

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than fifteen thousand people around the world. When I thought about Imran, a line from Rudyard Kipling's poem would come to mind about the man who could meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two imposters just the same. That was how I felt about Imran.

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