Here's a remarkably common example of that. I often meet technology executives that have built a reputation for absolutely dependable execution. They have consistently put in the effort and delivered what they had promised. In many cases, they have had to move mountains to deliver, but they did. They are known for their reliable execution and that is a large part of their identity. But now the leader has been promoted to the level where her personal effort can't scale, and her teams feel like they are being micromanaged. The self‐awareness that is needed here is to realize that the skills that
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