Susan DrummCEO Advisor & Executive Coach | Leadership Change Agent

Stuck Leadership Dynamic? Start With These 3 Steps.

16 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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Short clip (YouTube) by Susan Drumm offering three concise leadership moves to address recurring dysfunctional dynamics: 1) spot the repeating loop without immediate fixing, 2) own your contribution (patterns like over-controlling, withdrawing, over-helping), and 3) reconnect to the desired vision/culture by imagining rebuilding the dynamic from scratch.

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Here's where your leadership comes in. Number one, spot the loop. Notice the repeating pattern. You don't need to fix it right away, just see it. Number two, own your part. What do you do when things get tense? Do you over control? Do you withdraw? Maybe over help? Bring that into your awareness because that's where your leverage is. Number three. You want to reconnect to vision. What kind of culture, relationship or result do you actually want here? If you could rebuild this dynamic from scratch, what would be different?