When leaders fuse role with identity, misalignment leaks into culture. Discover how ILR separates role from identity so you can lead with clarity, trust, and peace.
Leadership is heavy when your identity is fused with your role. Every mistake feels like a threat to your worth. Every conflict feels personal. Every decision is weighed down by the fear of being exposed. And it doesn’t stay contained — it leaks into your team, creating misalignment, mistrust, and burnout.
In today’s episode of The Recalibration, Julie Holly shows why misaligned leaders create misaligned teams — and how recalibration shifts leadership from pressure to presence. Drawing on psychology, neuroscience, and the story of Howard Thurman’s influence on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this episode unpacks:
Today’s Micro Recalibration:
Ask yourself: Am I leading from clarity of identity or from a role I’m trying to sustain? Notice where leadership feels heavy — that weight is often the signal that role and identity have fused.
If leadership has ever felt like it’s costing you yourself, this episode will help you step out of pressure and into presence — leading with clarity, stability, and peace.
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