What Is 6th Gear Leadership? The Upgrade That Creates Speed with Less Friction
Let’s do a quick check-in. As a leader, are you being asked to do more with less? Are you being asked to go faster, even though you already feel maxed out? Does it feel like your world is getting increasingly complex? If so, you’re not alone. In fact, you’re normal. But let’s face it—normal isn’t […]
Why Leadership Development Fails: We Train Skills While Leaders Stay in the Same Gear
If you’re a senior leader, you’ve probably seen this pattern more times than you can count: Your organization invests in leadership development. Leaders attend workshops. They get inspired. They learn new tools. They leave energized. And then… A few weeks later, the organization is right back where it was. The same tensions. The same reactivity. […]
What Leaders Need Now: Capacity for Complexity
For decades, leadership development has largely focused on abilities—skills, competencies, and best practices. And those still matter. But the landscape of leadership has changed. Today, abilities are table stakes. What separates effective leaders from overwhelmed leaders isn’t what they know or can do—it’s their capacity. Specifically, the capacity to step into complexity and navigate it […]
