Blind Spots: The Invisible Roadblocks to Progress

The root of leadership breakdowns? Blind spots.

Everyone has them. They are habits and beliefs that drive behavior but operate outside of our awareness.

We can’t see them, but everyone around us is impacted by them — unconscious patterns that can sabotage progress and sanity — unless you bring them into focus with 360° Coaching.

Every leader, manager, and team member has at least one blind spot that hinders relationships, innovation, productivity, communication, and overall effectiveness.

Without intervention, blind spots erode trust, slow down execution, and stall innovation.

Blind spots aren't flaws — they’re totally human and totally normal.

The hitch is that they are based on old storylines and habits. These habits used to be effective, but you have grown and things have changed. The old ways aren’t working any more.

With 360° Coaching, central Texas leaders uncover their blind spots and increase their abilities to guide, influence, and inspire. Explore our executive coaching, leadership development, 360-degree reviews, team assessments and leadership training services.

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Bring your blind spots into focus…

Every leader, manager, and team member has at least one blind spot that hinders relationships, innovation, productivity, communication, and overall effectiveness.

Blind spots grow from old storylines and habits. These habits used to be effective, but when you have grown and things have changed, the old ways don’t working any more.

Without intervention, blind spots erode trust, slow down execution, and stall innovation.

The fastest way to find your blind spots? Ask.

Blind spots aren't flaws — they’re totally human and totally normal. And, the only way to know what they are is to have someone point them out.

For many of us, asking for honest feedback is a lot like asking for directions.

It takes courage because somehow we have gotten the message that we shouldn’t ask for help or seek others’ perspectives.

Even when we take that leap, the feedback or advice may not be helpful anyway.

Gathering meaningful feedback is all about asking the right questions and being open to integrating it with your own wisdom. 360° Coaching starts with the Leadership Circle Profile.

  • A word from 360° Coaching’s executive coach, Ellen Lindsey…

    I am a big fan of validated assessments. Ones based on sound theory with robust data-sets and proven track records. That’s why I begin almost every engagement with a Leadership Circle Profile. These are 360 degree evaluations that jumpstart your leadership development journey.

    We will get input from people who work closely with you and have a vested interest in your growth and success.

    Their combined insights, interpreted through the Leadership Circle lens, will give you a topographic map of your leadership brand — both your strongest traits and your juiciest growth edges.

    With this unique and comprehensive view of you, we will get you growing. Improving your impact, influence, and professional satisfaction.

    Great leadership isn’t a lucky trait — it’s developed through increasing awareness, deepening insight, and informed practice.

  • A founder’s perfectionism, which built an impeccable product, now becomes controlling and undermines everyone else.

    Once the founder gets this feedback, they can redirect their high standards to provide support and development to their team.

  • A manager’s people-pleasing style, which once garnered collaboration, now undermines execution and keeps them from achieving meaningful outcomes.

    With this feedback, the manager can lean into their relationship strengths and learn clearer communication and boundaries.

  • A teammate’s emotional distancing, which sometimes reads as cool, calm and collected, now weakens trust and prevents them from forging important connections.

    Now that they know their safe stance is actually creating a sense of mistrust in their community, the teammate can lean into their strength of composure to explore courageous conversation.

Clarity Comes with Feedback

Because we don’t know what we don’t know, gathering objective outside observations — paired with experienced coaching — is crucial. That’s how your blind spots will be revealed and come into focus.

360° Coaching uses powerful 360° assessments, including the Collective Leadership Assessment™ and Leadership Circle Profile™, to help leaders:

  • Identify hidden patterns

  • Build emotional intelligence

  • Align behavior with strategic objectives

Look to your pain points to find your blind spots.

You can have the right hires, a solid plan, and a bold vision — and still feel like you're pushing a boulder uphill.

When leadership has hit a growth edge, you start to see it everywhere:

  • Too many meetings that go in circles

  • Managers who crumble under pressure

  • No one stepping up

  • Overwhelmed directors pointing fingers

  • Teams that lack inspiration and innovation

  • Burnout on every level

These symptoms aren’t fixed with better software or another re-org. They’re resolved by better leadership.

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You know it’s time for Leadership Development & Executive Coaching when…

  • Retain top talent with leaders who know how to motivate, develop, and keep them engaged.

  • Navigate growth with visionary leadership.

  • Develop a leadership pipeline.

  • Strengthen team dynamics and collaboration.

  • Elevate leadership effectiveness to achieve strategic goals.

That’s where 360° Coaching comes in.

Our executive leadership coaching helps leaders lead better — from the inside out. That means uncovering blind spots and developing the mindset, clarity, and capacity to navigate complexity with more effectiveness and less wear-and-tear.