Killing Your Darlings At Work: Elegant Leadership

2024-08-13

What is the most hard-won, unglamorous, yet high-performance skill in leadership? It may be one that is almost never discussed: killing your darlings. How do we recalibrate our bias towards adding? How do we accept, normalize and even grieve when it is time to let go of a beloved offering, product, department for the long-term health of the organization? What role does confidence play in creating elegant and enduring companies? How does 'killing your darlings' enable us to optimally dire...

What is the most hard-won, unglamorous, yet high-performance skill in leadership? It may be one that is almost never discussed: killing your darlings.

How do we recalibrate our bias towards adding? How do we accept, normalize and even grieve when it is time to let go of a beloved offering, product, department for the long-term health of the organization? What role does confidence play in creating elegant and enduring companies? How does 'killing your darlings' enable us to optimally direct the energy in our companies? How must humility evolve as we scale our organizations and movements towards even higher performance, greater impact and joy?

Join Kedren and Dylan to explore the art of shedding, pruning, and tailoring your organization through elegant leadership

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