Leadership Excellence Briefs™
The Leadership Excellence Brief™ helps CEOs consistently bring fresh leadership thinking to their leadership teams.
Every issue is intentionally designed to provide one practical leadership idea, framework, or perspective you can evaluate, adapt to your organization's unique circumstances, and apply to strengthen the thinking, decisions, and execution of your leadership team.
ISSUE 04 | COMING NEXT
Alignment at Every Level
The Right People in the Right Roles Isn’t Enough
You can have the right people in the right roles and still have an organization pulling in different directions. In the next Leadership Excellence Brief, we’ll look at alignment at the individual, executive-team and organizational levels.
The Doer-to-Leader Ratio
When the Role Changes, the Ratio Must Change
Think about the leaders you've promoted because they were exceptional at getting things done. Now ask yourself:
How many of them are still spending too much time doing the work that made them successful, instead of leading at the level their role requires today?
Alignment Before Development
Development is not a substitute for alignment
Before you invest another dollar or another hour developing someone on your team, ask:
Are we developing the right person for the right role?
Potential Is Not Performance
Potential Is Not Performance
It's the starting point, not the finish line.
Having potential for success does not guarantee performance.
Alignment identifies potential
Development unlocks potential
Performance validates potential