If you don’t want to do the hard things then don’t sit in the big chair. Successful leaders know how to do hard things. They understand that dealing with hard things is what moves an organization forward. There’s value in working through hard things. Holding honest conversations about difficult topics helps build trust, especially during challenging times. It will require vulnerability. It takes skill which means it must be practiced, refined, and done again and again. Dealing with hard things is not easy however it is what successful leaders do.