Leadership in full colour!

What if a single image could help you remember the kind of leader you want to be, right when it matters most?

Over the last few months, my colleague Dr Cathryn Lloyd and I have been exploring a set of coaching superpowers. Simple yet powerful mindsets and behaviours that support leaders and teams to grow, connect, and lead with intention.

We didn’t just name them, we also drew them.

Each superpower - curiosity, self-awareness, flexibility, and others, has been captured in a hand-drawn image paired with a single word.

These visuals are textured, human, and perfectly imperfect, because leadership is too. They reflect the real, imperfect, evolving nature of showing up and leading well.

🧠 Neuroscience tells us that visuals activate different neural pathways than words alone. They catch our attention, evoke emotion, and make ideas stick. They prompt us to pause, reflect, and respond, not just react.

In this case they help visualise leadership behaviours and mindsets, making them more tangible and easier to connect with. Together they paint a picture or leadership alive and in motion - always evolving.

Think of it as a palette of leadership superpowers - something you can draw on depending on the moment, the challenge, or the context you find yourself in. 

In our coaching and facilitation sessions, we’ve seen how these visuals act as anchors to:

⚓ Reflect rather than react

⚓ Deal with complexity

⚓ Practice presence and find clarity

⚓ Create a shared language

We’re sharing these superpowers more widely, in our workshops, our coaching, and here on LinkedIn.

If you would like a copy of our full superpower guide, please email cathryn@maverickminds.com.au or Helen Zink helen@growtobe.co.nz

We're also curious to know:

❓ If you were to add your own superpower image and word what would it be.

❓ If your team were to draw their superpowers what would they be.

We’d love to hear your ideas.

Image:Cathryn Lloyd