As a CEO you have to lead in a paradox context: You are fully responsible for your company – but your control is limited. You have more power than anybody else – but you better use it carefully. You have access to any information – but do you know what’s really going on? You have to align your company around a clear purpose for future success – but shareholders push for short-term profits.

As a leader you have learned how to navigate through paradoxes. But as a human – which you still are – you will experience your environment as an echo chamber, highly pressurized, at times overwhelming. You risk to catch the CEO disease – a fixed mindset: In a state of drained energy and without open feedback you are tempted to drift into unconscious “autopilot” behaviours that can harm your leadership effectiveness and limit your positive impact on others.

Taking time to make your leap into a growth mindset will help you to become a Conscious Leader, aware of what matters most to your company, your team and yourself. Bridging the awareness gap – from compulsion to choice – is key to your sustainable success and personal fulfillment as a CEO.