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Charles Dickens quote on life experiences

Leadership in Real Time: The Small Choices That Shape Your Identity and Your Business

December 22, 20251 min read

Leadership is not built in milestones.
Leadership is built in moments.
The moment you want to shrink but choose truth.
The moment you want to rush but choose patience.
The moment you want to please but choose alignment.

These small moments form your leadership identity more than any title ever could.

Harvard Business Review notes that micro habits influence long term behavior, decision making, and leadership integrity far more than one time breakthroughs (Harvard Business Review, 2020).
Leadership is not about the performance. It is about the pattern.

A title cannot give you consistency.
A strategy cannot give you character.
A platform cannot give you wisdom.

Leadership begins where no one is watching.
In the decisions you make quietly.
In the boundaries you honor without applause.
In the truth you tell yourself before you speak to anyone else.

Strengthen your daily choices and your leadership strengthens with them.
This is where real authority grows.
Quiet. Steady. Rooted.

References

  1. Harvard Business Review, “The Power of Small Habits,” https://hbr.org/2020/01/the-power-of-small-habits

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Desiree Foster-Collins

Hi I'm Coach Dezi aka The #CreativeTechWhisperer. I'm a Business Coach & Mentor to women entrepreneurs. I'm a Certified Leadership Development Trainer, Six Sigma Green Belt & Human Behavior Consultant focused on helping women entrepreneurs & small business owners with building people, process & systems for their businesses. I love God, my 2 amazing kids and all things creative, business and tech.

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Charles Dickens quote on life experiences

Leadership in Real Time: The Small Choices That Shape Your Identity and Your Business

December 22, 20251 min read

Leadership is not built in milestones.
Leadership is built in moments.
The moment you want to shrink but choose truth.
The moment you want to rush but choose patience.
The moment you want to please but choose alignment.

These small moments form your leadership identity more than any title ever could.

Harvard Business Review notes that micro habits influence long term behavior, decision making, and leadership integrity far more than one time breakthroughs (Harvard Business Review, 2020).
Leadership is not about the performance. It is about the pattern.

A title cannot give you consistency.
A strategy cannot give you character.
A platform cannot give you wisdom.

Leadership begins where no one is watching.
In the decisions you make quietly.
In the boundaries you honor without applause.
In the truth you tell yourself before you speak to anyone else.

Strengthen your daily choices and your leadership strengthens with them.
This is where real authority grows.
Quiet. Steady. Rooted.

References

  1. Harvard Business Review, “The Power of Small Habits,” https://hbr.org/2020/01/the-power-of-small-habits

small choice big impactidentity and leadershippersonal authority
blog author image

Desiree Foster-Collins

Hi I'm Coach Dezi aka The #CreativeTechWhisperer. I'm a Business Coach & Mentor to women entrepreneurs. I'm a Certified Leadership Development Trainer, Six Sigma Green Belt & Human Behavior Consultant focused on helping women entrepreneurs & small business owners with building people, process & systems for their businesses. I love God, my 2 amazing kids and all things creative, business and tech.

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