The hardest thing about Leading

Leadership Ego - a theme that is prevalent in business and political culture - 𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗜'𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁 — passionate, capable people step into leadership roles, and somewhere along the way, the mission quietly takes a back seat.

Not because they stopped caring. But because leading 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥. The title, the recognition, the sense of authority — even in an unpaid, community-driven role — can quietly shift a leader's focus inward. Decisions start being made to protect a position rather than advance a purpose.

Dissenting voices get sidelined. Fresh ideas from newer members get dismissed. And the organisation — built on the goodwill and time of people — begins to stagnate. ▸ 𝗘𝗴𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. ❝ "𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴." ❝ "𝘕𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘰." ❝ "𝘞𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 — 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬." Sound familiar?