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When two decisions disguise themselves as one, the loop does not break until you separate them. Most leaders do not see the second decision until the first one has stalled.
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Should I pivot the business? Underneath that. Am I willing to walk away from what made me credible in order to build what I want next. Should I bring in a co-leader? Underneath that. Do I trust myself enough to not need to be the only person who sees the full picture. Should I take the exit? Underneath that. Who am I when I am no longer defined by the thing that made me.
Why the Loop Does Not BreakThe leader does more research. Asks more advisors. Gathers more information. However, the clarity does not come. Not because the data is incomplete. Because they are trying to answer a question that is sitting on top of an unresolved identity question. The decision keeps looping because the person making it has not yet decided who is making it. In other words, two decisions, not one. And the surface decision cannot resolve until the underneath one does. This is why the most accomplished leaders are often the most stuck. Not because they lack capability. Because the question they are circling is not a strategy question at all.
When Two Decisions Become OneWhen the identity question gets answered, the surface decision usually answers itself. The leader who has resolved who they are no longer agonises over what to do. They look at the same set of options that paralysed them for months and the path forward becomes obvious. The pivot, the partnership, the exit. The decision was not the problem. The problem was that two different versions of the leader were trying to make it. When only one is running the system, the loop stops.
What Leaders Are Hunting ForAs a result, the decisions get faster. Not because the leader is reckless. Because the friction is gone. The version of them that was protecting the old identity is no longer pulling against the version that is building the next one. This is what most leaders are hunting for when they think they are hunting for clarity. They do not need a better framework for evaluating the decision. Instead, they need to resolve the person who is making it. Which decision are you looping on right now? And what is the question underneath it that you have not yet let yourself ask?
If a decision has been looping without landing, book a 15-minute Strategy Call and explore what is underneath the decision that will not resolve.
To your brilliance, Tanya Cross Industry Leader Coach & The Coaches’ Coach BAppSoSc (Counselling) |
