Tips When You Think Size Matters to Your Leadership

As a leader, you’re thrust up in front of others much more so than you are when you aren’t leading.  And if you’ve ever struggled with your body image, you know that this can be an uncomfortable aspect of leadership.  Based on the number of conversations I have with both male and female leaders about this issue, it is way more common than you might imagine.  I can think of leaders of every body type imaginable from thin to short to tall to full-figured that have struggled with the lie that “size matters.” So, when your body image issues are flaring up and getting in the way of your leading confidently and effectively, let me encourage you with a few tips to keep in mind 'cause the reality is that there's no one size fits all body type for leading confidently and effectively.