*The Overlooked Leadership Superpower: Strategic Disengagement
Why Constant Hustle Is Crippling Your Impact and How to Fix It Most leadership literature obsesses over doing : charismatic traits, decisive actions, visionary goals. But virtually none addresses the essential art of strategic disengagement —the deliberate pauses that transform pressure into wisdom. Consider the relentless demands heaped on leaders: · Strategic: Setting long-range visions, exploiting new markets, aligning teams · Operational: Digesting daily briefings, making swift high-stakes decisions · Psychological: Bearing the weight of expectations (often with fewer resources) No wonder studies reveal plummeting confidence in CEOs. No wonder strategic roles go unfilled for years. When leaders become "eternal action figures" (as Joe Robinson warns), they cease to lead—they react . The S...