The word execution in a leadership context sounds like an oxymoron. The reality is that, despite the growing investment in leadership development, its been found that 70% of organisations have been unsuccessful in executing leadership systematically across their business.
Recently I sat down with a mentee in Sydney to have our periodic “learning conversation”. This is a reflective exercise that we both enjoy and gain value from. This young guy is what I would call a ‘Mover & Shaker’. He’s studying both law and economics. He is bright, ambitious, extremely curious and questions everything.
Executive development is widely regarded as a key to organisation success. Nowadays many boards set KPIs for their CEO with this in mind. Targets are set for the CEO’s own development as well as the senior team and up to 15% of the CEOs remuneration package is dependent on these targets being met.
"Something to chew on every Friday!"