Speed feels productive—until it doesn’t. We open up a counterintuitive path to better leadership by making space for short, structured reflection that turns noise into insight and motion into meaningful progress.
With a candid story about Fiona, a newly minted director drowning in 70-hour weeks, we trace how a 15-minute weekly ritual and three simple questions exposed learned helplessness on her team and sparked a shift from doing to leading.
Across the conversation, we break down why reflection is where experience becomes wisdom and how the brain’s pattern recognition needs space to work.
We tackle the busy trap and the myth that there’s “no time” to pause, then show how reflection actually creates time by cutting rework, clarifying priorities, and improving decisions.
You’ll get three practical approaches you can adopt today: build a small, reliable ritual; use high‑quality questions to focus your attention; and capture insights so they become action.
We also share coaching prompts that move teams from dependency to ownership, so you can step out of the weeds and into true strategic leadership.
By the end, you’ll have a clear playbook: fifteen minutes, three questions, one concrete change each week. Expect calmer execution, fewer fires, and a team that thinks for itself.
If this conversation helps you, follow the show, share it with a leader who needs it, and leave a quick review so more people can find these tools. Then block your calendar—what will your first reflection window be?
Leadership Horizons - Helping You Lead Beyond Boundaries
