Leadership Psychology

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What is Adrenaline Addiction in Business?

Explore the hidden cost of reactive leadership. Learn how founders often confuse the stress of firefighting with actual productivity and how to break the cycle.

4 min Sep 23, 2025

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What is The Founder’s Shadow?

An exploration of how a business leader's personality traits unconsciously amplify to shape organizational culture and team dynamics.

4 min Sep 20, 2025

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What is Cognitive Dissonance?

An exploration of cognitive dissonance for managers and how conflicting beliefs impact leadership and decision making in business.

5 min Sep 17, 2025

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What is The Comparison Trap?

An exploration of the psychological pitfall where business leaders measure their internal operational struggles against the curated public success of competitors.

4 min Sep 15, 2025

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What is Ambiguity Tolerance?

A guide for business owners on understanding ambiguity tolerance, distinguishing it from risk, and using it to navigate uncertain business landscapes.

5 min Sep 4, 2025

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What is Decision Fatigue?

A guide for business owners on decision fatigue, explaining why decision quality deteriorates and how to manage mental energy for better leadership.

5 min Aug 29, 2025

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The Bottleneck is You: How to Stop Being the Chief Decision Officer

A guide to eliminating decision fatigue by empowering your team. We explore the cognitive cost of micromanagement and how to build decision-making frameworks that allow your business to run without you.

Ben Schmidt 6 min Aug 26, 2025

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What is Emotional Regulation in Leadership?

A guide for business owners on understanding emotional regulation, distinguishing it from suppression, and using it to navigate management stress.

4 min Aug 21, 2025

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What is a Vulnerability Hangover?

Explore the psychology of the vulnerability hangover, understand why leaders feel regret after honesty, and learn to distinguish authentic leadership from oversharing.

5 min Aug 6, 2025

The Nice Trap leadership psychology management mistakes

What is The 'Nice' Trap?

An exploration of why prioritizing being liked over being effective harms teams, with practical insights on shifting from nice to kind leadership.

4 min Jul 28, 2025

The SOP they learned six months ago is already fading.

Death of the Binder