Article 3: What If Leadership Looks More Like Listening?

Apr 19 — 1 min read
Written by Christina Thompson

We often associate leadership with voice—who speaks, who commands the room. But what if leadership is less about who’s speaking and more about who’s listening?

Listening, not to respond, but to understand. Listening, not to control the narrative, but to expand it.

Respectful Disruption Leadership encourages us to ask:

• When’s the last time I listened without interrupting, even in my head?

• Whose truth am I making room for?

Real listening makes space. It builds trust. And in a noisy world, it may be the most powerful form of presence a leader can offer.

Sometimes the most revolutionary thing a leader can say is nothing at all.