When Leadership Needs Crab Mentality

Crab mentality is often framed as a people problem jealousy, insecurity, small thinking.
But what if, in some environments, it is structural?

In this episode, we explore how crab mentality can quietly become a leadership ecosystem one that discourages growth, reframes excellence as betrayal, and redirects attention away from leadership accountability.

When people begin policing each other’s progress, leaders are rarely questioned. Over time, individuals shrink themselves not because they were told to, but because the cost of standing out becomes too high.

This is not an episode about bitterness.
It’s about clarity.
And once you see it, you cannot unsee it.