Blind Spots and the Work That Matters

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the weight leaders carry — the constant pull between urgent needs, limited capacity, and a mission that never stops asking for more. And the truth is, you’re not the only one who feels that tension. I do too.

Like many leaders I’ve walked alongside, I’m also someone with blind spots and areas I’m working to strengthen. One of the defining moments in my own journey came when the sober living house I helped start up had to close its doors. We had heart, passion, and a mission that mattered — but we didn’t build the capacity or the systems to sustain it.

That experience troubled me. And I didn’t recognize our weakness as a blind spot until later. It showed me how even committed leaders can be undone by things they can’t see yet, or don’t know what they don’t know.

I do this work today because I learned that leadership isn’t about having everything figured out. It’s about being willing to grow, to see what you couldn’t see before. And to learn from those who’ve walked ahead of you. I’m doing that work in my own life, and I walk with leaders who are doing the same.

If you’re in a season where the mission feels heavy, or where you sense that something beneath the surface needs attention — strategy, team alignment, operations or finances — you’re not alone. And you don’t have to navigate it alone.

I’ve developed a simple process called the Mission Growth Blueprint. It helps leaders strengthen their roots, align their teams, and build the capacity their mission needs to thrive long into the future.

If you’d ever like to explore what that could look like for your organization, I’d be glad to talk.

Alongside you in the work,

 Wes Legg

Coach & Strategic Facilitator 

P.S. Blind spots aren’t failures.

They’re quiet invitations to grow the parts of our leadership we’ve overlooked.