Building from posture to practice, small steady lights are the habits and contributions repeated over time. Karl Weick’s 'small wins' (American Psychologist, 1984) shows that manageable victories create momentum and resilience. Likewise, James Clear’s 'Atomic Habits' (2018) popularizes the logic of compounding: a 1% improvement, sustained, becomes transformative. Quiet leaders choreograph such increments, celebrating consistency over spectacle, so teams can persist through ambiguity and fatigue. [...]
