In recent years, many leaders have come to accept an uncomfortable truth: the meaning of stability has changed. Markets make sharp turns, inputs fluctuate, supply chains behave unpredictably, regulations shift, the labor market overturns old assumptions, and technology (including AI) changes the meaning of competitive advantage in months—not years. In this context, “we should become […]
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“We need to be agile.” Many leaders say this as confidently as “we need to deliver value to customers.” And it can be just as dangerous—not because the idea is wrong, but because the word agility has become far too broad in everyday use. For some, it is simply a synonym for responsiveness. For others,
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There are probably few people who haven’t run into that self-assured, slightly enigmatic line: “I’m an uncomfortable leader.” The intended message is that discomfort is the price of success—a leader pushes people out of their comfort zones, dusts off stale ideas, overturns old habits, and brings in wins that other approaches wouldn’t deliver. But when
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Leadership is easy 11/25 Start the exit process with the manager A department manager walks into their boss’s office and says, “We’ve got a problem… Mary has submitted her resignation. Looks like we didn’t raise her salary enough.” The standard playbook kicks in: schedule an exit interview, ask what we should do better next time,
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