The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New Era

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"That's Just Who I Am” | The 7 Leadership Traps: Trap #3

"That's Just Who I Am” | The 7 Leadership Traps: Trap #326 ago14 min

Half the time a leader says "that's just who I am," they're not describing their truest self. Rather, they're defending a habit they've never examined. In this episode of The Inner Edge, executive coach Janet Ioli unpacks the third leadership trap: mistaking familiar, wired-in reactions for authenticity. Through the story of Marcus, an executive who kept hearing the same feedback at every level of his career, Janet shows how "I'm just being real" can become the exact thing that blocks a leade...