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Why Today’s Leadership Feels Harder and Matters More
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Welcome to Light on Leadership! In under two minutes, our newsletter delivers one book recommendation, one leadership action step, and two leadership tips. We know you're busy, so we've designed this content to be both useful and shareable. Enjoy!
Leadership has always been challenging, but perhaps never more so than today. At the start of the 20th century, information was estimated to double every 100 years. By 2020, that pace had accelerated dramatically—doubling every 12 hours. When you add a global pandemic, rapid technological change, and constant connectivity to this information explosion, it becomes clear why today’s leaders feel stretched in ways previous generations never experienced.
In the opening section of The Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership, Tim Elmore frames this moment with striking clarity. He argues that modern leaders must learn to hold seemingly opposite skills at the same time—certainty and humility, agility and stability, influence and service. Elmore captures the reality of our moment through a powerful quote from Pope Francis: “We’re not experiencing an era of change, but a change of era.” Leading well today requires more than adapting old practices; it calls for an entirely new way of thinking about leadership itself.
For today’s leaders, effective leadership calls for humility as much as competence. The pace and complexity of today’s work mean no leader can have all the answers, but the best leaders remain curious, listen deeply, and are willing to learn alongside their teams. In a true change of era, humility is not a weakness it is one of leadership’s greatest strengths.
👉 Quick Action Step:
Be the leader others need today, especially when it’s uncomfortable. If it were easy, anyone could do it.
Book Recommendation:
The Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership: Embracing the Conflicting Demands of Today's Workplace.
By Tim Elmore
Purchase this book! https://www.amazon.com/Eight-Paradoxes-Great-Leadership-Conflicting/dp/1400228298
Two Tips
The playbook keeps changing, and great leaders adjust. This brief video shows why adaptive change, not just technical fixes, is a leadership advantage in uncertain times.
“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
- Albert Einstein
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