Leading with possibility means being optimistic, looking for chances to improve, and thinking about what you can achieve. It’s about imagining a better future and working hard to make it happen.

Leading with limitation means being careful and focusing on what might go wrong. It involves being more focused on avoiding problems than on achieving goals, leading to a careful and sometimes hesitant way of doing things.

In other words, are you opening doors for people or closing them?

Even when the answer you need to provide is “no”, there’s always a third way.

It may take zooming out to see the big picture to connect the dots.