Unchecked negative self-talk hinders high performance. Discover how to unlearn borrowed critical voices and cultivate a steady, resilient leadership mindset.

Cognitive Dissonance: The Hidden Barrier to Strategic Growth (Photo by Benjamin DeYoung on Unsplash) When Strategy Clashes with Reality We all like to believe that our beliefs, values and actions exist in perfect, harmonious alignment with one another. However, the human mind frequently encounters a deeply uncomfortable psychological phenomenon when it holds two contradictory ideas simultaneously, or when our actual behaviour directly clashes with our deeply held convictions.