The player without the ball can create the space everyone notices afterward.

LEADERSHIP

WHAT THIS MEANS

Much of what makes a good moment possible happens away from the thing being watched. A run that draws a defender out of position produces the gap, and the gap produces the pass everyone remembers, but the run is invisible unless you were looking for it. The same holds in any group: someone made room, and the credit lands elsewhere.

This week, try watching the part of a scene that is not the centre of it. In a meeting, notice who made a difficult point sayable. If it was you, that counts even without acknowledgement, and it helps to know it counts.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Where does your work create room that nobody credits to you?

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