Sublime

In time I witnessed several such discussions between McChrystal and various senior leaders from partner agencies. These paraphrases of our organization’s core narrative would often go as follows: We clearly share a determined adversary—one that, unlike our organizations, is networked and thus moves with incredible speed. In the Task Force, we are n

senior managers have a particular responsibility. They are so influential already that whatever they do has a substantial impact on the organization’s field. Every aspect of their performance, every conversation they hold, and every action they take demonstrates what values they believe are important to the organization.

societies, those who have moved up the hierarchy into senior positions of authority are naturally socialized and trained to be good at taking action and decisively solving problems. There is no incentive to wade knee-deep into the murky waters of diagnosis, especially if some of the deeper diagnostic possibilities will be unsettling to people who l

This approach contends that those who practice leadership are not in control in the way that heroic leadership and organizational charts imply,

Leaders are not afraid to take risks and step outside their comfort zones. Chris Hintz

Heretics are the new leaders. The ones who challenge the status quo, who get out in front of their tribes, who create movements.