Picture this: your diary is stacked back-to-back, a bigger team is looking to you for direction, and the weight of the new role you’ve worked so hard to earn suddenly feels very real. You’ve got the job… but now what?
At moments like these, every leader faces a choice. And it’s not the kind of choice you’ll find written in a strategy deck or scheduled into your calendar.
Push harder or be smarter?
It can feel like leadership is all about priorities, processes, and performance metrics. We talk about the overwhelming focus being in the ‘IT’ domain of ‘doing’.
What most leaders do faced with an ever-escalating to do list, missed targets and struggling teams is push harder – do more. They push through, telling themselves they’ll settle in once things calm down. They double down on the IT of leadership — the systems, the structures, the deliverables.
The result? Depleting energy levels, less time doing things you love and too many compromises. Frustration builds. And instead of thriving, many plateau, carrying the strain silently until it shows up in their performance or their health.
The smarter choice.
The leaders who rise at these moments do something different: they don’t try to solve it alone.
They recognise that growth isn’t just about knowledge or process. It’s about expanding capacity—emotional, relational, physiological. They use these moments as opportunities to reset, connect, and step into a new level of leadership maturity.
And crucially, they seek support to navigate that shift.
The right kind of developmental coaching integrates physiology, emotion, and leadership maturity — so growth happens not just in what you do but in who you are.
Practical tools like the Complete BREATHE skill help leaders regulate their emotional state and manage pressure in real time, creating the calm clarity needed to lead decisively, without burning out.
This isn’t about firefighting. It’s about building the internal capacity to lead with coherence – whatever you’re facing today and to prepare you for tomorrow.
A moment to choose.
If you’ve just stepped into something bigger, here’s the truth: this is a moment that matters. You can push harder, and hope things settle down — or you can grow into it, with the right support.
The choice is yours.
If you’re ready to make this a turning point, we can help you not just handle the role but expand into it.