Leadership is often measured by visible success. Growth. Momentum. Expansion. But leadership is rarely formed in those moments. It is formed when things break. Every leader, if they lead long enough, will face a moment when something collapses. Sometimes it is a decision that failed. Sometimes it is a system that no longer works. Sometimes it is a mistake that forces you to confront the gap between who you were and who you want to be. The question in those moments is not whet