Blindspots, Superpowers & When Strengths Go Too Far with Jill Macauley

In this episode, I’m joined by Jill Macauley for a powerful and honest conversation about blindspots, leadership superpowers, and the point where strengths can quietly turn into limitations.

We explore what happens when you fully lean into your natural strengths — not just to perform, but to grow. As leaders, we’re often encouraged to play to our strengths. Yet while strengths are rightly celebrated, they can also become places we stop questioning… and that’s where blindspots live.

The very traits that helped you grow, lead, and succeed can become sources of friction, burnout, or disconnection when they’re overused or running on autopilot.

This conversation invites leaders to move beyond labels like strengths and weaknesses, and instead develop greater awareness, choice, and range.

Together, Jill and I unpack:

• The difference between leading from capability versus leading from awareness
• When a strength becomes too much — too controlling, too driven, too accommodating, too responsible
• Why growth isn’t about fixing yourself, but refining how you use what already works

If you’ve ever wondered:

• “Is this strength still serving me?”
• “Why do I keep hitting the same edge with people or decisions?”
• “What might I not be seeing about myself as a leader?”

…this episode will meet you right there.

This is a conversation for leaders who are successful — yet curious. Those who sense their next level isn’t about doing more, but about noticing more.

🎧 Tune in and reflect on where your superpower might be asking to evolve.

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