You miss out on collaborating on new ideas. You think of ideas but can’t share them with your team until they’re fully baked and ready for unveiling. Half-baked ideas can take on a life of their own and create confusion. So you carry them alone, longer than you should.

Leadership can be lonely. The weight of decisions, the uncertainty you can’t show, the things you’re working through that no one else in your organization can fully understand. That’s why community with other leaders matters so much. Not your team, not your family — other leaders who get it. Find your people. The loneliness of leadership doesn’t have to be permanent.