LEMON Leadership - Radically Fresh Leadership

who heads the leadership team should be more a matter of influence, ability and gravitas and less a matter of hierarchical position.

Managers do not like playing with people who make up the rules as the game progresses.

Organizer total

Organizers are very capable people who function with a high degree of instinct. They are often looked down on because they cannot explain why or how they do things, but they have a better sense than most about what it takes to actually get things done.

Leaders have a perpetual responsibility to renew the Operating Model of the organization.

(Sentences that end in questions, trail into...or result in more work or another meeting...these are not the favorite endings for Organizers.)

Different leaders are better suited to different stages of the corporate lifecycle, but this does not mean it is best to replace the leader as the corporation progresses through its stages.

There is a saying, “love expects the best,” but the problem is that we impose our definition of “best” on people whose “best” is not the same as ours.