The Bridge from Good Leadership to Great Leadership!
TALES FROM THE LEADERSHIP FRONT
Daniel Ruiz had spent twenty years climbing the ranks of the biotech industry, but nothing prepared him for the leadership fractures he discovered when he stepped in as CEO of Genexra Labs. Projects stalled, teams second-guessed direction, and turnover quietly bled talent from critical departments. The company’s science was cutting-edge—its leadership alignment was not.
Every minute of every day someone makes a choice that will result in costly leadership misalignment. This occurs when an organization fails to select the right person with the right leadership skillset for the right opportunity at the right time. According to Gallup, this happens 82% of the time. On the surface, that figure seems high, but it’s supported by another Gallup study that states 90% of people don’t believe the person they report to is leadership ready. This is likely because many promotions and assignments are based on functional expertise – not leadership ability or readiness. A brilliant individual contributor doesn’t automatically make a great team leader. Misaligned assignments lead to team disengagement, poor performance, and high turnover.
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“Gott Health” (name changed for confidentiality), a fast-growing regional hospital system, faced a leadership challenge. With 20 facilities and over 5,000 nursing staff, the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) was overwhelmed—managing 24 direct reports, well beyond the limit for effective leadership. Even after reducing the number to 13, she knew a more strategic solution was needed.
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In the Leadership Visioning chapter in my book, The “Path to Elite Level Leadership,” I discuss the vision it took for Lin-Manuel Miranda to bring Hamilton to the stage using multiple musical genres and a multi-ethnic cast to create a transformative musical based on a person barely mentioned in history books, based on events that took place over 200 years ago?
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We’re just 1 week away from the webinar, “Don’t Throw Away Your Shot: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Hamilton Musical.” In this webinar, we count the leadership lessons “Ten Duel Commandment” style, like in the musical.
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U.S. companies pour over $200 billion into leadership development each year—yet only 10% see real results, according to Harvard Business Review. There are numerous reasons why, but a contributing factor is probably because most organizations focus on developing leaders… but not managing them for sustainable growth.
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TALES FROM THE LEADERSHIP FRONT
As CEO of a fast-rising biotech company focused on personalized medicine, Dr. Aria Fields knew the future of the company rested not just in innovation – but in people.
The SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) national conference is the world’s largest gathering of human resource professionals with 375 sessions and expected onsite and online attendance of 26,000 people. It will take place at the San Diego Convention Center, June 29th to July 2nd. Learn more about the conference at: https://annual.shrm.org/.
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People spend the bulk of their careers acquiring various “leadership skills”. Unfortunately, acquiring those “skills” alone will usually not help them become a better leader. This ‘checking the boxes’ approach to leadership improvement only provides temporary success, if any, as people become complacent once they’ve achieved them, instead of working to optimize them. For ongoing, long-term improvement, leaders need a continuously improving leadership process to help them achieve their career goals. Here is some of what you need besides “leadership skills.”
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TALES FROM THE LEADERSHIP FRONT
Marcus stared out of his glass-walled office, watching his team hustle through another late night at a biotech company. As Director of Research, he was a brilliant scientist—but leading people? That was another matter. He’d spent years reading books on leadership skills—communication, delegation, motivation—but something wasn’t clicking. His team was burning out, innovation was slowing, and morale was dropping.
