An organization's fate hinges on its CEO--right? Not according to the
authors of Senior Leadership Teams.
They argue that in today's world of neck-snapping change, demands on
leaders in top roles are rapidly outdistancing the capabilities of any
one person - no matter how talented. Result? Chief executives are
turning to their enterprise's senior leaders for help. Yet many CEOs
stumble when creating a leadership team.
One major challenge is that senior executives often focus more on their
individual roles than on the top team's shared work. Without the CEO's
careful attention to setting the team up correctly, these high-powered
managers often have difficulty pulling together to move their
organization forward. Sometimes they don't even agree about what
constitutes the right path forward. The authors explain how to determine
whether your organization needs a senior leadership team. Then, drawing
on their study of 100+ top teams from around the world, they explain how
to create a clear and compelling purpose for your team, get the right
people on it, provide structure and support, and sharpen team members'
competencies - and your own.
Timely and practical, this book enables you to create and sustain a
leadership team whose members learn from one another while collaborating
to pursue your company's objectives.