Leadership 101: Napoleon’s Corporal
During a recent #CoffeeWithFriends session, the topic about organizational strategy and why they fail came up. Some felt that the cause was due to a lack of, or poor, communication down the line. While others felt that the quality of the strategy was the cause. I, however, argued that the root cause lay in the failure to translate strategy into actionable plans.
Too often, grand strategies crafted in boardrooms are merely passed down the chain of command without meaningful translation. Each level of the…