The Hidden Leadership Game You’re Still Playing (and Losing)

30 May 2025 · 1 min

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Dr. Cara (speaker) frames a follow-up to a previous session about how difficult conversations activate identity-based fears. She argues there's a deeper dynamic: leaders protect a hidden belief about what makes them valuable (a "protection game") and that continuing to play this game prevents real influence. The video promises to expose this pattern and show how to stop defending and start leading.

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So Monday we unpacked. How difficult conversations activate our identity. Fear. But here's what I didn't tell you. There's something even deeper happening. You're not just protecting your identity. You are protecting a secret belief about what makes you valuable as a leader. And until you see this pattern, you'll keep playing that game that you cannot win. Today, I'm exposing the protection game that we all play and showing you how to stop defending and start. Start leading.