Leadership: How You Show Up Is What Matters

Aaron Golub
April 23, 2025

We often talk about leadership in terms of titles, decisions, or outcomes.

But the truth is, the most important form of leadership starts before you ever say a word. It’s in how you show up.

To your team, your challenges, and to yourself.

Are you present, or simply available?

Are you proactive, or simply reactive?

Are you leading with intention, or winging it and hoping it works out?

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^{People won’t remember every detail of what you say.}

^{But they remember how they felt in your presence}

^{and the energy you bring.}

Whether you're leading a company, a classroom, or yourself through a challenge, the way you show up matters.

And the best leaders show up when it’s inconvenient, uncertain, and uncomfortable because that’s when it matters most.

So take a pause before the next meeting, conversation, or challenge.

Ask yourself, “am I showing up as a leader I’d want to follow?”

Aaron