(2018-08-26) Cutler Not Leadership Material

John Cutler: Not Leadership “Material”... Sound familiar? We need our people to be brave! We need leaders, not followers!

It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. Leaders push organizations to the edge of chaos, and then expect people to magically “step up”.

I guess I’m wondering: perhaps true leadership is humbly helping a coherent, consistent, safe, and fruitful system emerge — a system where mere mortals can navigate the system and thrive without unnecessary chaos and acrobatics. Where everyone can discover the leader they’d like to be…not what org dysfunction dictates.