Leading at home - The role most leaders are failing without knowing it

Most leaders are exceptionally good at their jobs. They've built careers on performance. They are respected, trusted, and delivering results. However, when asked how are you performing in the most important leadership role you hold? The answer is almost always the same. A pause and then, not as well as I should be.

In this episode of The Lonely Leader Podcast, James Rule tackles one of the most underserved conversations in leadership the real, honest cost of senior leadership on family life. An honest examination of the role most leaders are quietly failing at without ever realising it's happening and what the leaders who get it right actually do differently.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The slow erosion: how entirely reasonable decisions compound into a pattern that quietly reshapes your home life.
• The guilt loop most leaders carry silently and how it compounds the very problem it responds to.
• Four specific behaviours the leaders who navigate this well actually practice.

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ABOUT THE HOST 

James is an experienced mentor, coach and thought leader who works with a range of clients from FTSE 100 companies, SME´s the NHS and wider public and not for profit sectors.

His twenty year career in elite sport initially as a professional rugby player but predominantly as a chief executive has given him an invaluable insight in managing the success, failures and pressures associated with leadership at the highest level.

As a high performance coach James specialises in enhancing resilience and leadership development. He is a passionate advocate of the notion that to find lasting fulfilment we need to take a holistic view of high performance. 

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