How to Find Freedom as a Leader
A practical guide to taking responsibility and improving your process of working
Around this time of year, Americans celebrate freedom. This freedom comes with the ability to live the lifestyle you like, practice religious freedom, and practice freedom of speech. However, when working for an organization or a business, freedom is a bit different. Leading a team is rewarding many ways. However, answering to someone else, whether top-level leadership, investors, customers, or team members often feels limiting and draining. Meeting expectations can feel all-consuming and exhausting. It’s easy to lose sight of the benefits of leading a team when it feels like you have lost your freedom to authority or to the demands of the job.
Before we dive into just how you can find more freedom as a leader, let’s clarify: What is freedom, really? Freedom is the ability to choose how to spend your time and where to place your awareness. Freedom at work essentially means that you are enjoying your focus points and how you are spending your time. Ideally, it means that you feel like there is no other place you’d rather be or way you’d rather be spending your working hours. The content, the impact, the people you work with, the environment, and the schedule all influence your ability to feel free.
Freedom is the ability to choose how to…
