EP 88: What No One Tells You About Being a Leader, Lessons I've Learnt

Nobody teaches you how to be a great leader. You just get promoted and figure it out.In this episode, I open up the Instagram question box and answer your leadership questions completely off the cuff, no textbooks, no frameworks, just the real lessons from my own experience leading teams through COVID, the Northern Rivers floods, and everything in between.We cover the questions people are actually asking but rarely get honest answers to — is leadership really worth the promotion, how do you stop taking things personally, how do you lead when you don't have the answers, and what is the one leadership skill nobody talks about enough. This one is practical, personal and full of the kind of advice I wish someone had given me when I first stepped into a leadership role.Key TopicsIs leadership really worth the promotion and what you need to honestly ask yourself before saying yesThe future of leadership in an AI-driven world and the human skills that will matter mostHow to stop taking things personally as a leader without stopping caringHow to lead through uncertainty when you don't have the answers eitherHow to support your team without absorbing all of their problemsThe SBI framework for hard conversations and why clear is kindThe two most underrated leadership skills: repair and pauseThe best leadership advice Angela has ever receivedKeyword: Leadership, management, high performance, communication, burnout, feedback, hard conversations, self-awareness, team culture, future of work