Originally posted for Forbes Coaches Council Newsletter | November 2026
In executive leadership team sessions, I have leaders put their phones and technology away as a norm. Many leaders have been programmed to be on their phones, reacting and responding to the latest emergency, a tariff headline, an AI announcement that can reshape our world or a board member asking for “a view.”
I ask teams to put the phone away for our sessions, or at least have them on vibrate only in case of emergency. And what I have come to understand is that our “busyness” is a status symbol and a respectable place to hide.
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