02/08/2026
Lately I’ve been noticing the same pattern.
In leaders.
In teams.
In businesses.
In organisations.
Nothing dramatic. Just the feeling that something no longer feels quite right:
👉The noise and pressure of every day takes over and feels rushed. You feel drained and burnt out.
👉Decisions get harder, take longer and are reactive.
👉The pressure to perform creates this mask - the need to live and lead according to other people’s expectations, not yours.
👉You hold it all together on the outside yet feel disconnected and lost on the inside.
That’s what I call drift - when you drift away from who you are, where you want to head and the impact only you can create.
This week, one of our Inner Circle members, Sarah, reminded me what the opposite can look like.
She didn’t try to lead like anyone else.
She simply led in a way that was unmistakably her - from her True North.
And the result? An extraordinary impact on us all.
It made me realise how quietly drift can happen.
One compromise.
One expectation.
One decision at a time.
Until something simply doesn’t feel like you anymore.
I’ve started calling that pattern drift.
When you hear the word drift, what comes to mind?
Not the definition.
The feeling.
The experience.
