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Leading Women in Tech Podcast

238: Thinking Like an Executive: From Firefighter to Strategist

Feb 18, 2025
Discover how to elevate your leadership from reactive firefighting to strategic thinking. Uncover the story of a Director of Engineering who transformed her approach, gaining a promotion in just eight months. Learn the power of authentic confidence to delegate tasks and tackle imposter syndrome. Explore methods for making high-impact decisions with long-term benefits. Shift your mindset from identifying problems to embracing solutions, as you develop a vision-driven leadership style.
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Quick takeaways

  • Embracing a strategic mindset allows leaders to shift from reactive firefighting to proactivity, enhancing long-term impact and decision-making.
  • Cultivating authentic confidence empowers leaders to delegate effectively, enabling them to focus on high-impact decisions and strategic planning.

Deep dives

Developing Executive Mindset

Having an executive presence entails developing a strategic mindset rather than remaining in a reactive state. It is crucial to shift from being consumed by operational tasks to proactively addressing challenges by implementing prevention strategies. For example, a client recognized as a problem solver was burning out from her 70-hour work weeks but, after adopting an executive framework, she learned to focus on strategic planning and delegation, which ultimately led to her promotion. This approach emphasizes the need to be less reactive and more proactive, empowering teams to achieve goals effectively.

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