Bonus: When Competence Hides the support you need

Competence earns trust, responsibility and respect. It can also create the impression that you never need support.

In this bonus episode, Julia and Valerie explore what happens when being known as the capable one means carrying more of the thinking alone. They consider why experience doesn’t remove uncertainty, how independence can quietly become isolation and why seeking another perspective strengthens rather than undermines your judgement.

Because the people trusted to make the difficult decisions still need somewhere to think before they make them.