Leading From The Edge Podcast

Edge of Possibilities | Liz Murray | Leadership Development Think about the most powerful person you've ever been in a room with. Not the loudest, the most powerful. Chances are, they were calm. In this episode, Liz breaks down why calm isn't passivity or being switched off, it's the clearest signal that someone's authority is real. She explains the difference between performing presence and actua...

Edge of Possibilities | Liz Murray | Leadership Development Reading time, 3 minutes Most of what we've been taught about executive presence is wrong. We're told it's about how we show up. Stand tall, speak with conviction, hold the room, look the part. So we do all of it. And we feel like a fraud the entire time we're doing it. In this episode I unpack the difference between performing presence an...

Edge of Possibilities | Liz Murray | Leadership Development Reading time, 5 minutes   June 30 is almost here. And if you're like most leaders, you're probably heads down right now, finalising budgets, closing out performance reviews, getting through the list. But before you cross the line into a new financial year, I want to ask you something most leaders never stop long enough to answer. Not...

Early in my leadership career I was obsessed with getting better. Every workshop, every book, every minute in the car spent listening to the biggest names in leadership. I was ticking every box. And I still couldn't understand why the people side of leadership wasn't getting any easier. In this episode I'm sharing why that was, and introducing something I built to solve exactly that problem. In th...

Most leaders don't find out their authority is drifting until the damage is already done. Not because they aren't showing up. Not because they don't care. Because authority drift is silent and by the time you feel it, your team has already felt it for a while. In this episode I share my own story of drifting so far into doing mode that I stopped leading, and a client story about a leader who kept...

Are you busy — or are you actually leading? Most high-performing leaders mistake a full task list and a packed calendar for effective leadership. In this episode I am sharing the truth I learned the hard way: busyness is often a disguise for avoiding the harder, slower, more uncomfortable work of actually leading. I open with a confession that might land a little close to home — and walk you throu...

This is the one I don't share lightly. In this final episode of May I am bringing everything together. Standards, boundaries, and the conversations leaders avoid. And connecting it all to the culture you are building whether you realise it or not. But first I am starting somewhere personal. Because the most useful thing I can give you today is not a framework. It is the truth about what it actuall...

Most leaders avoid setting boundaries because of what they think it looks like. The boss who called someone out in front of the team. The leader who let frustration build until it boiled over publicly. The manager who made an example of someone to send a message. That is not boundary setting. That is what happens when boundaries are never set early enough.   In this episode I challenge how yo...

Most leaders are not deliberately lowering the bar. But every time they let something slide, they set a new standard. Whether they meant to or not. In this episode I share a real client story of a leader who invested deeply in their team's Mission, Vision and Values, watched the culture thrive, and then slowly lost their best people because one standard went unaddressed for too long. If you have e...

Most leaders aren't avoiding people. They're avoiding the moment. In this episode I'm opening May's theme on standards, boundaries, and the cost of going quiet. I share a real example of a leader who kept delaying a necessary conversation for six weeks and what it cost their team when they did. If you've been pushing a conversation to next week, softening the message, or convincing yourself the mo...

Most leaders don’t realise when they’ve slipped from leadership into control. It usually starts with good intentions: trying to help trying to keep things moving trying to maintain the standard But over time, stepping in too often creates something dangerous: dependency. In this episode, Liz Murray explores the hidden cost of over-controlling leadership and why clarity, not control, is what actual...

Most leaders think the issue is their team. Or the workload. Or the strategy. But what if none of that is the real problem? In this short episode, Liz Murray breaks down the concept of identity drift—the subtle, almost invisible shift that happens when leaders start compensating instead of leading. It doesn’t happen all at once. It shows up in the small moments: softening a conversation delaying a...

You’re not stuck. You’re patterned. And once you see it… you can’t unsee it. In this short episode, Liz Murray breaks down the four leadership identities that show up again and again — often without leaders even realising it. From over-accommodating to avoiding, over-performing to leading with clarity, these patterns quietly shape how you lead, what you tolerate, and the results you create. The tr...

Most leaders think they have a strategy problem. They don’t. They have an identity problem. In this episode, Liz breaks down why even the best strategies fail under pressure — and why the real issue isn’t capability, experience, or knowledge. It’s who you’re being when it matters most. Because leadership isn’t built on what you know. It’s built on the identity you lead from. What You’ll Learn in T...

If you’re the one who always steps in, fixes things, and holds everything together… this episode is for you. What often looks like capability and leadership on the outside can quietly become something else. Over functioning. In this episode of Take 5 With Me, Liz Murray explores the hidden cost of over functioning in leadership and why doing more is not the same as leading well. Drawing on her own...

Most leaders believe they understand how they are showing up. But leadership is not defined by what we intend. It is defined by what we consistently reinforce. In this episode of Take 5 With Me, Liz Murray explores the gap between the leader you say you are and the leader your behaviour reveals. Through simple but powerful examples, Liz highlights how hesitation, softened standards, and over-invol...

Strong leaders rarely lack clarity. More often, they delay a decision they already know needs to be made. In this episode of Take 5 With Me, Liz Murray explores how hesitation quietly lowers leadership standards and why confidence is often misunderstood in leadership. Confidence doesn’t come before decisive leadership. It follows it. Through small moments of internal negotiation, postponing a conv...

Take 5 With Me: The hidden cost of leadership hesitation Many leaders believe they need more confidence before making a difficult decision. But in Liz Murray’s experience, confidence is rarely the real issue. The real issue is hesitation. In this episode Liz explores the quiet pattern she sees repeatedly in leadership. Capable leaders already know what needs to happen. They can see the performance...

Strong leaders rarely lack clarity. More often, they delay a decision they already know needs to be made. I n this episode of Take 5 With Me, Liz Murray explores how hesitation quietly lowers leadership standards and why confidence is often misunderstood in leadership. Confidence doesn’t come before decisive leadership. It follows it. Through small moments of internal negotiation, postponing a con...

Self leadership is talked about constantly, but it is often described in vague or aspirational ways. In this short reflection, Liz Murray grounds self leadership in what it actually looks like in practice. Not mindset. Not motivation. Behaviour. In this episode, Liz explores: • Why self leadership is about action, not intention • What it looks like to stop keeping the peace at your own expense • T...

Overfunctioning is one of the most socially rewarded habits in leadership. It looks like commitment. It looks like reliability. It even gets praised as leadership. But often, it is compensation. In this episode, Liz Murray explores why capable leaders overfunction, how it quietly creates exhaustion, and why stepping in “just this once” can become a pattern that keeps you carrying responsibility th...

Do you know a leader who always looks busy but sounds slightly uncertain? Quick decisions. Constant reactions. No time to slow down. In this short leadership reflection, Liz Murray explores how urgency can quietly cover a lack of clarity, and why constant movement is not always effective leadership. When we feel unclear, speed can feel safer than perspective. We tell ourselves we do not have time...

Have you ever noticed how often urgency takes over before clarity has a chance to land? In this short reflection, Liz Murray shares what actually changed once she stopped rushing herself, not in a dramatic or performative way, but in the small, everyday moments where most capable people quietly override their own signals. This episode isn’t about why slowing down matters, that conversation has alr...

In this short episode, I explain why I intentionally used January as a strategic reset, not a delay, and why reflection is a core leadership skill for getting clear before building momentum. If you’ve felt pressure to “hit the ground running” or judged yourself for a quieter January, this message reframes self-improvement and personal development as disciplined self-leadership, not busyness. Momen...

You’ve made it to the final stretch of the year. If your brain is already in holiday mode but your calendar is still pretending it’s August, this short episode is for you. This week’s theme is Gentle Futures, and we’re talking about a calm, pressure-free way to think about 2026. December is not the month to overhaul your entire leadership strategy. When leaders try to force big plans right now, th...