Rolling your sleeves up: Is this leading from the front?

Episode #88 // It’s difficult to lead properly or act at a more strategic level, if your boss expects you to have a very hands-on component to your role.

Some larger organisations these days seem desperate to become more entrepreneurial, and to ‘transform’. To do this, they are trying to mimic start ups. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all be tech unicorns?!

What it means in practice, though, is that people in senior leadership positions are expected to roll their sleeves up and work alongside their teams, buried in the detail.

We cover a lot of ground in this episode, from innovation theory, to micromanagement, to what it really means to lead from the front.

Your boss wants more with less. Your team wants less, full stop. You're stuck in the middle.

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