“Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.” — Simon Sinek
The Stories Behind the Stories Sarah
She had prepared everything.
Every fact.
Every figure.
Every talking point.
And then she left it all behind.
That’s where Sarah’s story begins.
Sarah’s pattern is one I’ve observed in people throughout their working lives. The leader who delivers everything that’s asked. And somehow never quite reaches the people they’re leading. Not because they don’t care. But because they’ve confused professional effectiveness with genuine connection. Those are two different things. And the gap between them is where leadership either deepens or stays stuck. In this episode of The Stories Behind the Stories, I go deeper into the failure, success and passion stories behind the character — and into the real pattern I was observing when I wrote her.
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