If your team seems stuck right now and everything still ends up coming back to you, it’s tempting to assume you need to push harder. But what if the problem isn’t effort? What if you’re solving the wrong problem entirely? Most high-capacity leaders I work with don’t have a motivation problem. They’re not disengaged. They’re not unclear about what they want to achieve.

I don’t know what your calendar looks like right now, but I have a day blocked off next week for 2022 planning before taking time off for my Christmas break. So what should leader be prepared for in 2022? I’m breaking down the biggest leadership changes for 2022 and beyond. If you want to discover the best ideas for your organization moving forward, increase engagement of your team, decrease turnover, and discover the leadership superpower of 2022, then find out my predictions for how leadership is changing. There are some significant leadership changes coming not only in 2022 but are the future of leadership as we know it.

For over 20 years, I have been leading in one way or another. But it wasn’t until 10 years ago that I really started investing in myself as a leader. Let’s be honest, it wasn’t until I had an “official leadership title” that I started to take my role as a leader more seriously. If I could go back 20 years and tell myself what being a great leader really means, there are three pieces of advice I would give myself.