Make Space for Deep Work
Finding Your Leadership Edge
If you're feeling like you're constantly on, always reacting, and always in motion, you're not alone.
But here’s the truth:
“The space between stimulus and response is where leadership lives.”
The most effective leaders I coach don’t just manage their time they protect it. They carve out intentional space for deep work: the focused, uninterrupted time for strategic thinking, reflection, and vision.
This is where your best leadership decisions are made.
This is where your next bold move begins.
Why Deep Work Is Essential for You and Your Team
Clarity Over Chaos: You lose sight of the bigger picture when you're always in reaction mode. Deep work is where you reconnect to your why, clarify your what, and recommit to your how.
Strategic Thinking Drives Results: Strategic clarity doesn’t happen in 30-minute windows between Zoom calls. You need margin to think creatively, evaluate opportunities, and set a direction that aligns with your values and goals.
Reflection Fuels Growth: Your growth as a leader sets the pace for your team’s growth. If you're not investing time to pause and grow, how can your team?
Model What Matters: When you prioritize deep work, you give your team permission to do the same. You model focus, clarity, and commitment qualities every strong culture is built on.
“Great leaders don’t have more answers. They make more space to ask the right questions.”
Leadership Challenge: Block Your Deep Work Days
Let’s make this real. Your Challenge: Block one full, uninterrupted day for deep work in the next 30 days. Then, go to your calendar and book one day a month for the rest of the year.
This is your time to:
Step out of the weeds
Reconnect to your bigger vision
Reflect on what’s working and what’s not
Think boldly about the future
Reinvest in the kind of leader you want to be
You don’t need permission. You need a calendar invite.
“If you don’t schedule time for what matters most, it gets lost in what matters now.”
How to Make Deep Work Stick
Decide what deep work means for you each month: strategy, culture, team design, personal reflection, planning, or innovation.
Change your environment. Go somewhere that inspires you. Book a coworking space, a quiet café, or even a nature walk.
Start the day with intention. Light a candle, journal, walk, whatever brings you present.
Clear the clutter. Turn off notifications, clear your desk, and release the pressure to be productive every minute.
Communicate the value. Let your team know what you’re doing and why it encourages them to find their own rhythm of deep work, too.
Bonus: Invite Your Team to Join
Leadership isn’t solo work. Once you build this rhythm, offer your team a “Deep Work Day” policy, a day per month with no internal meetings, just focused time to move meaningful work forward.
You’ll be amazed at how much energy, creativity, and clarity this simple act unlocks for everyone.
You don’t need more time. You need more intention.
Make space. Protect it. Lead from it.
The future you’re building depends on it.
“Clarity comes from engagement, not thought, but deep clarity comes from making time to think before you act.”
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Resources to Dive Deeper
Books:
Deep Work by Cal Newport — The case for distraction-free focus
Essentialism by Greg McKeown — Do less, but better
The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni — Organizational clarity from the inside out
The Practice by Seth Godin — Daily commitment to meaningful work
Other Resources:
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The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
Creativity isn’t just for artists, it’s a leadership superpower. The Artist’s Way is a must-read for leaders who want to unlock fresh thinking, overcome self-doubt, and cultivate innovation in their work. Julia Cameron’s approach helps leaders of all industries break through mental blocks, develop clarity, and reconnect with their intuition, key skills for decision-making, problem-solving, and visionary leadership.
Why we recommend it: This book offers practical tools like Morning Pages and Artist Dates, which help leaders quiet the noise, spark new ideas, and lead with greater authenticity. If you want to think bigger, break out of ruts, and lead with creativity, The Artist’s Way is your guide.
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