https://morganbye.com/tags/leadership/Recent content in Leadership on Morgan ByeHugoen-caCC BY-SA 4.0Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:30:00 -0400https://morganbye.com/posts/loneliness_of_leadership/Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:30:00 -0400https://morganbye.com/posts/loneliness_of_leadership/<p>There’s an old adage that <em>it’s lonely at the top</em>. It’s usually reserved for fame, power, and celebrity. But it applies just as much to org charts.</p> <hr> <h2 id="the-internal-cost-of-responsibility">The internal cost of responsibility</h2> <p>Responsibility doesn’t just mean making decisions - it means carrying the consequences quietly.</p> <p>As an individual contributor (IC), uncertainty is often offloaded - usually by escalating to your manager. But as the manager, you are the escalation. Even an innocuous request for advice means you&rsquo;re now aware - and the responsibility lands back on you.</p>