Do you hold yourself and your team to high standards — but nothing ever feels quite good enough?

You might be crossing the line from high standards into perfectionism. And while that sounds like a good thing, it can quietly destroy your team's momentum, innovation, and morale.

In this episode of Lead the Room, Briony and Lyndsey unpack the perfectionism paradox — the trap that catches so many high-achieving, human-centred leaders. You want to prove your approach works. You care deeply about quality. But the result? Your team is paralysed, progress slows, and you've become the bottleneck.

They share three practical, immediately actionable strategies to help you lead with genuinely high standards whilst ditching the perfectionism that's getting in the way:

• The Good Enough Framework — a simple one-page tool to define three quality levels (good enough, high quality, and exceptional) so your team always knows exactly what standard is expected and when
• The Progress Over Perfection Ritual — a weekly 10–15 minute team practice that celebrates what's moving forward (not just what's finished) and fundamentally shifts your team culture
• The Iteration Mindset Shift — how to change the language, expectations, and feedback culture around your work so version one doesn't have to be perfect — it just has to exist

This episode is for you if you lead transformation or change work, feel like you're always the one slowing things down, or find yourself frustrated that your team keeps sitting on work instead of sharing it.

Progress over perfection — always.