Are your social media platforms flooded with attention-grabbing titles like:
- “Top 10 Things Great Leaders Say”
- “Five Phrases That Build Trust”
- “Seven Ways to Give Better Feedback”
These lists signal a promise to distinguish exceptional leaders from average ones, packaged into language that is easy to consume, remember, and apply. They also offer scripts for difficult conversations, templates for influence, and formulas for sounding more confident or authoritative. Yet their popularity raises an important question:
Are these lists actually teaching us how to become better leaders? Or are they simply highlighting the visible outputs of the invisible work of leadership?
What if these lists are not actually teaching us how to be better leaders but are instead giving us a window into the hidden labor of leadership?
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