The challenges of leadership have never been simple, but today’s environment is testing leaders in new and often chaotic ways. We’re no longer operating in a world where change is episodic. It’s constant, compounding, and unpredictable. A CEO I recently spoke with described it best: “It’s not just uncertainty anymore. It’s layers of uncertainty, and it doesn’t look like that is going to change any time soon, if ever.”
When Phil Ensor first tried to warn the world about the perils of the silo mentality, he did not mince his words.
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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