Leaving behind executional and operational responsibilities and donning the executive mantle is a difficult transition at best. Many business leaders have moved up the hierarchy without really transitioning from one…
Do you find yourself getting caught in the weeds? Is your organization experiencing the detrimental effects of top leadership leading from too low of a perch? This universal pattern has…
Do you ever wonder if you’re getting the most out of your leadership? Or out of your leaders’ leadership? Are you or your people myopically focused on the day-to-day tactical…
Undoing years of leadership and decision compression takes sustained effort. Here are five practices to get you started.
Stepping away from the podium leads to two more forms of compression, those of information and authority.
If the conductor of an orchestra leaves the podium, who is left who can see and hear the whole orchestra? Who can all the musicians look to for guidance and direction?
It’s curious. Almost every leader we work with says they aspire to lead at ever higher levels in their organization. Why then do so few actually lead at the right level when they get there?
Most leaders charged with initiating significant change focus almost exclusively on factors outside themselves – the talent they have to upgrade, the cost they have to take out, the performance…