The CEO as a Bottleneck: Why an Organization Stops Scaling
Some companies keep growing in revenue, customers, and headcount while their actual ability to operate begins to fall behind. Important issues accumulate around the CEO. Decisions wait for their opinion. Directors move forward up to a point and then need validation. Exceptional problems eventually become matters for the top executive. For a while, this way […]
7 Strategic Decisions AI Should Not Make for Your Executive Team
Artificial intelligence can already compare scenarios, identify patterns, summarize large volumes of information, and propose courses of action in seconds. That makes it an extraordinary tool for executive teams. It also creates a temptation: assuming that a better-supported recommendation automatically becomes a better decision. Not always. Strategic decisions involve elements that cannot be reduced to […]
The New Role of the CEO: From Bottleneck to System Designer
Many companies grow around the capabilities of their CEO. In the early years, this can be an advantage. The CEO knows the business, decides quickly, solves problems, manages key relationships, and keeps a broad view of what is happening. The problem appears when the organization grows but that leadership model stays the same. More […]