# Leadership Capability Research-backed frameworks and practical tools to help you build leadership capabilities. Page: Feed: --- ## [Making Sense of How Others Think](https://thesilentstruggle.substack.com/p/how-others-think-dissecting-a-reddit) _2026-08-17 · Elina_ The same set of facts, read five different ways. What that says about how we all make decisions and what makes us feel stuck. ## [Making Sense of Self Doubt: "What if I am wrong?"](https://thesilentstruggle.substack.com/p/making-sense-of-self-doubt-what-if) _2026-08-10 · Elina_ You don't need to be certain to speak up. You need to understand what you're actually waiting for. ## [Diversity was never the issue. Complexity was.](https://thesilentstruggle.substack.com/p/we-tried-to-fix-diversity-it-was) _2026-08-04 · Elina_ Diversity talk went quiet in a lot of organisations, but the real-life complexity never did. Here's the capability we never built, and what it actually takes to lead through it well. ## [Difficult People Aren't Always the Problem](https://thesilentstruggle.substack.com/p/difficult-people-arent-always-the) _2026-06-29 · Elina_ A two-part approach to working with people who pull a negative reaction out of you ## [Stop fighting the behaviour. Start seeing the story.](https://thesilentstruggle.substack.com/p/stop-fighting-the-behaviour-start) _2026-06-21 · Elina_ When nobody owns the problem, who’s fault is that? We argued both sides to find out. ## [How to Close the Gap Between Knowing and Doing: The Capability Practice Method.](https://thesilentstruggle.substack.com/p/the-lamp-post-method-what-managers) _2026-06-09 · Elina_ He was told he would never run. By 64 he had finished a hundred marathons. He got there the same way anyone builds a hard skill. Exactly how leadership capability is built too. ## [Building Trust — Monthly Summary](https://thesilentstruggle.substack.com/p/building-trust-monthly-summary) _2026-06-04 · Elina_ Watch now | Trust is not a personality trait. It is a capability you earn through consistency, through care, through how you show up under pressure. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200606600/b84d5987c0902d38d801aad4fa011045.mp3) ## [How to Become Someone People Trust (Building Trust Part 3)](https://thesilentstruggle.substack.com/p/how-to-become-someone-people-trust) _2026-05-20 · Elina_ Trust is the thing that moves careers and opens opportunities. It's also almost never named when it's missing. This article names what's actually happening and gives you a framework to work with. ## [Can you control trust at work? Curation of perspectives (Building Trust Part 2)](https://thesilentstruggle.substack.com/p/can-you-control-trust-at-work-curation) _2026-05-13 · Elina_ Two practitioners, two perspectives on one of the messiest topics in leadership — what trust at work actually means, and how much of it we can deliberately control. ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/tQ3WfFwvqAmj) _2026-05-13 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [The Leadership Supplies store is open](https://thesilentstruggle.substack.com/p/the-leadership-supplies-store-is) _2026-05-04 · Elina_ I built an imaginary store to find out what managers really need right now. Browse the shelves. Tell me what you would buy.