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"Ineffective leadership caps the ability of an organization to grow. Leadership that works at one level of scale is likely to run into serious limitations at the next level. The men and women who may be well-suited to lead a 100-person business unit with $30 million in annual revenues may be unable to lead a 250-person business unit with $100 million in annual revenues.
To scale the organization, you must scale ever more effective leadership."
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To scale the organization, you must scale ever more effective leadership."
"Sharing power always means that someone has to let go of control, and
someone has to accept more responsibility. Power is a major variable
around which our self-world relationship is formed. Some people maintain
a sense of personal safety and worth by having power; others establish
their identity by giving their power in exchange for protection and
belonging. Our relationship with power is a big part of how we create
our sense of identity.
Our approaches to change are far too casual about both asking managers
to let go of control and assuming that others will want increased
responsibility. When we redistribute power, we ask people to reconstruct
themselves—and that requires deep personal change."
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