There’s always so much ‘enthusiasm’ at the start of change.
As a business leader, do your words and actions demonstrate that you really care about the people you lead?
As many people know, Ted Lasso is a popular television series that follows the journey of an American college football coach who is unexpectedly hired to manage an English Premier League soccer team. The twist? Ted Lasso has no experience with soccer. The team’s owner hired him hoping he’ll fail—part of a scheme to get back at her ex-husband, who loved the club [1].
I was working with a senior leader who was promoted and suddenly found himself overseeing one of his companies’ largest strategic divisions. The role involved managing more than 3,000 people in multiple functions and taking full ownership of P&L.
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