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239 - Why Great CEOs Fail Under Pressure (And How to Avoid It)
In this solo episode of The World Class Leaders Show, I unpack the pattern I've seen destroy more leaders than any market shift ever has. It's not uncertainty that breaks CEOs. It's what uncertainty creates inside them.
Under real pressure, most leaders revert to the version of themselves that used to win. I call this Achieved Identity and under pressure, it takes the wheel without asking permission. It feels like leadership. It makes things worse.
I walk through the three things that break down every time a leader is under sustained pressure, why the sequence matters, and the exact steps one…
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