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EPISODE · May 12, 2026 · 10 MIN

7 Places the Leadership Performance Tax is Hiding

from Identity Anchored with Dr Clare Allen · host Dr Clare Allen

7 Places The Performance Tax Is Hiding In Your Organisation The invisible cost most CEOs never see on a balance sheet, and why it is the single biggest drain on senior leadership performance. Most organisations are not failing on strategy. They are failing on identity. And the cost of that failure is being paid every day in a currency that never appears on a financial statement. I am calling it the Performance Tax. It is the energy senior leaders spend managing how they are perceived instead of doing the work of leading. It is not professionalism, because that is an external behavior. The Performance Tax is internal labour: the split-second calculations before you speak, the second-guessing after, the constant monitoring of tone to stay inside the narrow band of “acceptable” for a leader at this level. Most of it is paid by your most senior women. Most of it is invisible to your board. And most of it is recoverable, but only once you can see it. Book a call: https://calendly.com/drclareallen/30min

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