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Authority erodes when it stays centralized too long. Scott Smith explores how unclear role boundaries cause hesitation, slow judgment, and quietly weaken leadership.

🎙️ Episode Summary

Authority doesn’t disappear all at once.
It erodes.

In this episode, Scott Smith observes what happens when leaders hold authority too tightly and fail to let it move outward with the role. Teams hesitate—not from incompetence, but from uncertainty about where authority actually lives.

Drawing on Stoic role ethics, Scott reflects on authority as an ethical boundary rather than a title. When that boundary blurs, initiative slows, judgment thins, and people stop acting on their own responsibility.

Authority isn’t weakened when it moves.
It’s weakened when it doesn’t.

🧠 What You’ll Learn Today
• Why authority erodes quietly
• How centralized authority creates hesitation
• Stoic role ethics and leadership boundaries
• Why teams wait when clarity dissolves
• The hidden cost of authority drift

🔍 Tags:
Stoicism, Leadership, Authority, Role Clarity, Decision Making, Team Dynamics, Inner Strategy

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The Stoic Inner Strategy is your daily shortform podcast—your blueprint for modern leadership rooted in timeless truths.

Hosted by Scott Smith, founder of Akhada Consulting, co-founder of ChatWorx, and host of The Outsourcing Blueprint podcast, this series blends ancient Stoic wisdom with real-world business strategy to help you lead with clarity, manage both your teams and yourself effectively, and move with purpose.

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