Leadership often begins with good intentions. People step into leadership roles hoping to inspire, guide, and support their teams. Yet sometimes leadership takes a wrong turn, evolving into something less genuine and more performative. Faux leadership rarely starts maliciously. Instead, it may start as a survival strategy to fill gaps in competence, connection, or commitment or respond to an environment. Unfortunately, what may have started as a coping mechanism eventually

Leadership is too often thought of in big moments - this argues that leadership instead is in the moments you show up for people.