The Leadership Habit · 2026-06-05
Summary Authentic leadership is about leading from your strengths rather than changing who you are to meet others' expectations. In this episode of The Leadership Habit Podcast, executive coach Dale Wilsher explains the leadership double bind, explores how workplace bias shapes perceptions of leadership, and shares practical strategies for balancing warmth and competence to build greater influence, executive presence, and leadership effectiveness. Many leaders spend years trying to become the person they believe they need to be in order to succeed. They speak differently, hold back ideas, soften their opinions, or adopt leadership styles that feel unnatural. Often, these changes stem from feedback, workplace expectations, or assumptions about what leadership should look like. The challenge is that when leaders focus too heavily on fitting a mold, they can lose sight of the qualities that make them effective in the first place. In the latest episode of The Leadership Habit Podcast , host Jenn DeWall sits down with Dale Wilsher to discuss authentic leadership, executive presence, workplace bias, and the “leadership double bind”.
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