Leaders either move an organization forward or they set it back. There’s no treading water. This is especially true in the 21st century.
The right leadership can transport an organization three decades in less than one decade. Their vision, culture, team, strategies, and alignment prove transformational. The culture becomes permanent. You can visit that same organization decades after their retirement and excellence and integrity reign supreme.
The inverse is equally true. The wrong leadership can sentence an organization to decades of dysfunction. They literally never recover – they simply repeat the same failures. The culture of chronic malfunction self-perpetuates – it’s who they are. Upon hearing their latest scandal or fiasco, you can close your eyes and say, “Is it 1985, 1995, 2005, 2015, or 2025?”
Your leadership outlasts you. People will either prosper or fail for years after you. Leaders leave a legacy. What do you want yours to be?
Sources: Abrashoff, 2002; Blanchard, 2011; Collins, 2001; Drucker, 2001; Grant, 2017; Kotter, 2012; Lencioni, 2012; Maxwell, 1998; Welch, 2005.
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