Are you drowning in "urgent" tasks while your big goals sit on the back burner? Stop firefighting and start diagnosing your leadership bottlenecks with this 2x2 grid.

In this episode, Dr. Mira Brancu addresses the "Black Hole Reactivity Vortex"—a common trap where high-performing leaders feel busy but fail to be strategic. Most leaders jump straight to solutions, but Dr. Brancu argues that we often solve the right problem at the wrong level. By applying a diagnostic framework used in complex medical fields, she introduces a 2x2 grid to identify the Vertical Systems Level (Individual, Team, Organizational, Societal) and the Horizontal Responsibility Level (Me, Team, Someone else, Organization). Through real-world case studies, you'll learn why "personality conflicts" are often system failures and how to use triage protocols to reclaim your time.

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