Every team has one, the person who does it all. For years, that person was me.   I stayed late, fixed problems, carried the load, and told myself I was being dependable. But the truth was more complicated to face because I was over-functioning, driven by a blind spot that equated effort with worth.   I believed my hard work made the team stronger. In reality, it made them weaker. The more I did, the less others needed to do. I created dependency, not empowerment. My need to

Every team has that moment, the meeting where silence fills the room. I remember one project review where I asked, “Any feedback?” and heard nothing but the hum of the air conditioner. I took the silence as agreement. In truth, it was disengagement. Later, a team member confided that my tone and pace made others hesitant to speak up. My drive for efficiency had unintentionally created a sense of intimidation. I wanted progress, but my urgency made questions feel like delays a

Blind spots in teams and leadership are just as damaging as those in personal relationships, and sometimes even more so. They quietly erode trust, stifle collaboration, and create friction where unity should live. As a leader in the corporate world, I wasn’t as effective as I wanted to be. I believed that being right was the same as being respected, and if I wasn’t right, I was wrong. That belief drove me to argue, to prove myself, and to defend my position at all costs. In t