Seven Patterns

A self-assessment for senior leaders who suspect the thing driving them is also the thing holding them in place.

The Striver. The Devoted. The Protector. The Performer. The Fixer. The Conductor. The Strategist.

Seven patterns. Each one a brilliant adaptation — a strategy that solved something real, early, and well. So well that it became invisible. So invisible that it started running you.

Most leaders recognise two or three immediately. One will feel like home. Another will feel like the colleague who drives you mad.

The question isn't which one you are. It's which one is running you…