Truth 51It's Lonely at the Top; Keep It That Way
People may have said to you that the higher you go in an organization, the lonelier it gets. Does it have to be this way? The answer is yes.
When you reach the top, you cannot afford to be too open with anyone inside or close to your organization. You can no longer treat any conversation as casual or confidential. And you certainly cannot talk through challenges you are facing with colleagues in the same way as before. Once you're a leader, everything you say, however inconsequential, has more weight to others' ears and, as it tends to get repeated, more potential reverberations. It's therefore important that you find a few trusted people—"thinking partners"—with whom you can share concerns and ...
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