Myth 5: The Myth of Holding On
At some point in every leadership career, experience stops being the asset and starts being the obstacle.
Not because the experience wasn’t real. Not because the results weren’t earned. But because the world shifted and the strategies, styles, and identities that built the track record quietly stopped fitting the terrain ahead.
Most leaders sense this before they name it. And the response, almost universally, is to hold on tighter.