Leadership Powered by Common Sense Leadership EXPERT: ‘Imposter Syndrome KILLS Confidence’ | Ep 445
Dec 2, 2025
Molly Rosen, Co-CEO of Project Next Leadership who helps leaders with culture, development, and change across tech and global orgs. They explore leadership as influence and transformation. Topics include translating strategy into execution, moving from builder to agenda-setter, tackling imposter syndrome, and how AI reshapes leadership while human skills stay essential.
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Prioritize Connective Skills Over Tech Alone
- Do connect transformation to human "connective skills" like trust and followership rather than just technical outputs.
- Molly warns Gen AI can do copy and numbers, but leaders must build followership by explaining why and how people should come along.
Lead With Why And Prioritize Ruthlessly
- Do lead with purpose: explain the why and link goals to customers or mission so teams accept change.
- Molly recommends repeatedly communicating the heart of the strategy and breaking it into top priorities your team can act on.
Bring A Prioritized Straw Dog To Your Manager
- Do create a prioritized list of your team's perceived work and review it with your manager to eliminate noise.
- Molly shares a VP who presented their list and had many items crossed off, restoring focus and capacity.
