#7 Hobbling Your Hero through Unintentional Villainry

Leadership challenges at home don't just affect you at home. They also show up in your career, adding to the mental load and stress levels that working women experience, with the added bonus of biting you right in your bank account.

This episode delivers a real-life illustration of exactly how that happens, diving deep into the case study of a well-meaning mom who unwittingly became the villain in her adult son's failure-to-launch story.

How did this well-meaning mom wind up playing the villain? Anti-Guide Grooming, which is sneaky societal conditioning that unfortunately pushes well-meaning women into the role of the villain in the lives of their near and dear.

What's the effect? This poor mom was cementing her unlaunched son's misguided thinking in place, rather than shifting it.

The fallout? Chaos everywhere—from family dynamics and resentment at home, to slumps in her sales career.

This episode unpacks precisely how that fallout unfolded, and illustrates a giant leadership lesson: The role of the villain is not about evil intent. You can be a good person and a well-meaning person, and still wind up falling into the hole of leadership villainry.

What's the way out of this hole? That's coming up next time, in Episode 8. Stay tuned!