Earlier in June this year Nicole Schlautmann gave a powerful and inspiring talk at #HBAELS26 in Vienna on vulnerable leadership. She asked the question: Is there anything in your life that you didn’t do because someone told you, you couldn’t? Most hands in the room were raised. Then she asked "Are you happy you didn’t?" and no one spoke up. Most people would agree that to succeed it helps to surround ourselves with people who believe in us. But what do you do when the messa