The performance plateau paradox reveals how increased effort can lead to diminished progress due to brain resource depletion. It highlights the confusion between busyness and productivity, with task switching causing significant time loss and impairing cognitive function.

Increased effort to prove oneself can paradoxically reduce visibility in leadership roles, often relegating capable individuals to reliable executors rather than strategic leaders. The video explores the "visibility paradox," highlighting how dependable problem solvers may mask their leadership potential. It emphasises the importance of confidence gained through action, effective communication, and intentionality in overcoming self-doubt and breaking through leadership plateaus.

Discover why working harder isn't breaking you through your leadership plateau and how to escape the four specific "Try Harder Traps" keeping talented women leaders stuck. Learn the brain science behind why additional effort often backfires and the one reconstructed thought that can transform your leadership journey from plateaued to purposeful.

That interview classic "What keeps you up at night?" shouldn't be a literal question—yet for most women leaders, it is. If you're waking up at 2 AM with racing thoughts about tomorrow's presentation, difficult conversations, or whether you're truly qualified for your role, you're not alone.

In this episode, discover why your middle-of-night thought spirals aren't a willpower problem—they're a neuroscience problem with a practical solution.

Traditional leadership models are failing today's women leaders. In this inaugural episode, Sue-Anne Higgins introduces a unique approach: the Leadership Kaleidoscope. Discover why working harder doesn't create leadership breakthroughs and how aligning three specific dimensions—your Inner World, Outer World, and External World—transforms leadership from feeling like leadership is an uphill battle, to it feeling effortless.  Featuring brain science insights on what actually happens in your brain during leadership challenges and a powerful framework that's helped countless women break through plateaus. Stop working harder. Start thinking differently.

Introducing the Leader Within Podcast with Sue-Anne Higgins. Helping women leaders break through plateaus and lead with clarity, passion, and purpose. Each episode demystifies the Try Harder Traps of Leadership while combining neuroscience-informed strategies with practical insights to help you transform your leadership journey from the inside out.