Written by Dr. Amo Raju OBE DL, Disability Influencer & Ambassador
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Leadership is often mythologised as the domain of the unshakable, a trait of those who wear strength like armour and never let it crack. Yet after thirty years in leadership and through the personal reckonings I chronicled in my book Walk Like A Man, I’ve learned that the weight of leadership is measured not in IQ points but in emotional endurance.
The mental health of a CEO remains one of the most taboo subjects in business. Fluctuations in well-being are buried beneath polished speeches and shareholder reports, treated as personal failures rather than human realities. But silence has a price, one paid not just by leaders but by effect within their teams, their organisations and the futures expected in the company business plan…