When growth disrupts leadership zones...

I’ve been thinking a lot about executives’ silent struggles during high-stakes transitions.

Not the obvious challenges — like market volatility or system upgrades.

But the quieter, heavier ones.

The ones where growth feels like betrayal.

Where your success feels like a threat to people you once relied on.

In my conversation with Tony Chatman this week, we pulled back the curtain on these invisible battles.

Growth, he taught me, doesn’t just change your results.

It changes your relationships.

And if you’re not ready for that reckoning, you risk shrinking back into old comfort zones.