I was fortunate to be able to spend a quick 30 min on a call with Dave Colina; founder and CEO of O2 Recovery, and hear how he wrestles with a handful of the same things I do; both personally and professionally. Maybe nothing was novel, but the way he expressed and synthesized his thoughts resonated.

Sometimes Leaders need to be innovators, ideators, and directors of planning. And sometimes they need to realize that this has a cascading effect on subordinates/ peers/ themselves that creates more and more tasks which build up more and more pressure/ stress and ultimately consumes more and more time. The end result? More to do with less time to do it.

Simply put, Leaders balance driving vision with setting conditions for turning vision into action.