Dec 18, 2024
A leader's journey starts alone.
Leadership needs the courage to push boundaries and challenge norms. It feels great and is fulfilling and, at the same time, isolating.
When driving change, the slow pace of buy-in or lack of immediate support can feel like standing alone. But that solitude is a marker of progress. This is how it should feel at first.
That's when you need patience. You are just creating space for others to join when they are ready. They just need time to process.
Feeling lonely as a leader isn't failure. Every great idea starts with someone bold enough to stand alone until others see the path forward.
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I'm a father of 3 from Sydney, a product and technology leader. I write about leadership, product management, technology and the messy reality of making work work.
I'm currently building and experimenting with a mildly alarming number of things. I also work as a fractional product leader, stepping in where the founder or CEO is still carrying product decisions on their own, and offer 1:1 product leadership coaching for senior PMs and emerging product leaders. I founded SoundingBoard, practical peer exchange for product people. Connect via LinkedIn, or follow me on X.
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