Let’s say you’re thirty-five and starting to wonder about what’s next. You have a passion for…you fill in the blank. Maybe, like this Fortune Article, you’re thinking about the "second act." You could be early or late in thinking about this…doesn’t matter.
Want to know what will derail your plans? Leadership atrophy, yes that slow disintegration that is usually attributed to your muscles. It can happen to our leadership strengths just like it can to our muscles.
Atrophy, by definition, is a slow over-time process. Some may say that it happens without the person knowing it. Regardless, it can be your ruin to let it happen. Here are some signs to watch for:
- You think you’ve arrived.
- You use the same approaches/methodologies you used ten years ago.
- You don’t have a mentors/advisors in your life.
- You’re satisfied.
- You talk more than act.
Think about it, how will you be ready for something in the future, if you’re leadership strengths have disintegrated over time? This is another one of those subtle (and dangerous) impacts affecting influence
Don’t forget, tomorrow is today masked.