📝 50 Things Grounded Leaders Say Grounded leaders aren’t less confident. They’re just not using confidence to cover uncertainty. Leaning in to uncertainty creates space for creativity, reflection, safety, and can prevent the unintended fallout from hair-trigger decisions. Grounded leaders are clear, thoughtful, and willing to pause long enough to actually understand what’s happening before they decide what to do about it. They also are carrying the best interests of their team, their clients, and their stakeholders with them as they move through challenges and opportunities. Psychological safety and epistemic humility also help to build more productive and effective work teams. But as Lavar Burton said, " You don't have to take my word for it🌈  "-->  Psychological-safety leadership in a time of flux | McKinsey ,  Patient engagement with psychological safety - PMC ,  Editorial: Epistemic respect and intellectual humility: foundations for transformative or...