If you’ve been leading long enough, you know this:
Strategy alone doesn’t unlock success.
The secret behind the leaders who innovate faster, build deeper relationships, and create lasting impact?
Curiosity.
Most people are chasing clarity, confidence, and connection.
But here’s what I’ve learned after years of coaching executives and building my own leadership practice:
Lived experience fuels growth.
But curiosity is what activates it.
Here’s what curiosity does that strategy can’t:
- It builds self-awareness by quieting the ego
- It creates connection by shifting us from talking to listening
- It fuels thought leadership through originality and relevance
- It drives business innovation by opening us to new ideas
- It deepens culture by turning managers into mentors
Curiosity is not soft.
It’s not vague.
It’s a power move for any CEO, leader, or visionary ready to grow in a way that lasts.
This used to be me:
A high-performing knower. Always achieving, solving, pushing. Never asking.
Now?
Curiosity is one of the pillars of our Above-the-Line Leadership work.
It’s how we help leaders shift from proving to leading, from hustle to alignment, from doing more to asking better questions.
Ask yourself:
Where am I leading from certainty… and where am I avoiding curiosity?
What relationship, insight, or breakthrough might be waiting on the other side of a better question?
Your next level of influence, opportunity, and fulfillment isn’t waiting on a plan.
It’s waiting on your willingness to get curious.
If this resonated, share you’re thoughts in the comments below!
Let’s talk about what it would look like to lead with curiosity inside your business, your team—or your next keynote. Start the conversation by clicking HERE.
