Leadership Through a Keyhole
- Jul 22
- 1 min read
๐๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ?
Most leaders aren't intentionally ignoring what's happening around them.
They see what gets reported. They hear what reaches them. They work with the information available.
The challenge is that every organization has things that never quite make it into the room.
๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด.
๐๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ด.
๐๐ถ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ญ.
๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.
Patterns that are visible to employees but not always visible to leadership.
One pattern we've noticed in organizations is that many leadership challenges aren't caused by a lack of effort or capability. They're often the result of leaders making decisions through a very narrow window into a much larger reality.
The narrower the view, the easier it becomes to mistake symptoms for causes.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ?
