Strategy is not the problem. Leadership is.
Leadership to drive strategy, change and performance is a much needed but scarce commodity.
May programmes have been introduced in firms to develop leaders, yet not many result in satisfactory outcomes. Why?
Most programmes concern themselves with training, when in reality leadership needs to happen “out in the wild”, rather than in a safe environment like the classroom.
It is often said that leadership is taken, not given. Leaders will always rise to the occasion. But what occasion is needed?
But how do we get leaders to reveal themselves?
Create situations that demand leadership.