Leadership Evolution: How to Manage Managers. Watch any youthful organization and you'll recognize a predictable leadership pattern at work: One visionary founder working with a bunch of high-energy, hard-charging "operator" types.
At this early stage of growth, the "operators" are expected to do whatever it takes to translate the founder's vision into reality, and they are often given a high degree of autonomy. Over time, the more successful of the operators become the "big dogs" of the organization. They build the myths and legends of extraordinary over-achievement: snatch victory from the jaws of defeat on a weekly basis, pull in customers and clients, improvise exceptional customer service daily, and build a deep pool of sweat equity with the founders.
The Power of Focus And The Peril Of Myopia. Leadership Development Atlanta. Seven Questions to Focus Sustainability Leadership. Sustainability leadership is a challenging issue I’ve seen crop up in a variety of situations recently, including: Lower-level employees on a volunteer green team, trying to steer their companies down a greener pathNewly appointed Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs) charged with the momentous task of integrating sustainability into the C-SuiteSustainability consultants that have buy-in from the client’s leadership, but are struggling to push it down into individual departments In many cases, the people involved are facing a leadership crisis.
And as a result they aren’t clear about their role, able to generate momentum, or equipped to get others on board.