#44 | A Former Police Leader on Why Great Leadership Has Nothing to Do With Having the Answers & Everything to Do With Influence.

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What if leadership isn’t about having the answers at all?In this episode, I’m joined by leadership coach and former senior police leader Zoe Thompson, whose 20-year career in policing offers some of the most honest, grounded lessons I’ve heard about trust, ego, and what leadership really looks like when the pressure is on.We talk about leading people who know more than you, being comfortable saying “I don’t know”, and why ego (not a lack of capability) is often the thing that quietly undermines teams and performance.We also reframe imposter syndrome, explore why decision-making feels so hard…