Leadership failures

Most leadership failures don’t come from a lack of knowledge or experience.
 They come from a lack of self-mastery.

I saw an article today about the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment. In the study, young kids were given a choice:
Eat one marshmallow now, or wait 15 minutes and get two.

The researchers found that the kids who could delay gratification tended to perform better academically, attend better universities, and were less likely to struggle with addiction or obesity later in life.

Why?


Because they had an early form of self-regulation.

In leadership, self-regulation is just as critical.


It’s the ability to:


▪️ Resist the urge to snap back when challenged.


▪️ Push through when you're tempted to give up.


▪️ Stay calm and focused when the pressure is on.

Self-regulation is useless without self-awareness. If you can’t recognise when your emotions are impacting your behaviour, you can’t regulate them.

Combining self-regulation with self-awareness is what I call self-mastery.
Self-mastery is the foundation of effective leadership. It's the ability to stay clear headed, focused, and aligned with your goals, even under pressure.

And like any real leadership skill, it’s trainable.

With the right tools, leaders can build the habits that allow them to stay clear, calm, and effective, even under real pressure.

Self-mastery turns good leaders into great ones.

If you want leaders who stay steady under pressure and make better decisions when it counts, let’s talk.