I just happened across this post on Tom Peters' blog In it Tom expounds the virtue of talent, and decries the exclusionist way in which we select top leaders - those from a few "top schools" with the "right backgrounds" and "right connections".
It makes me wonder, just how much talent is locked up in your organization - hidden within the silos of secrecy and dysfunction? How may stars are hidden beneath managers who are afraid to let their subordinates shine? What is the cost to your company, and our economy as a whole when the best and brightest are buried?
Managers in organizations with open and trusting cultures are not afraid of taking a chance or facing reality (to use Jack Welch's phrase). It takes both combined with a good deal of personal maturity to put someone untried on centre stage, or promote someone past yourself. But these kinds of actions are often exactly what is required - resisting that reality by putting your head in the sand only damages the organization and yourself in the long run.
Collaborative Performance is about helping you and your management team develop this kind of maturity and courage. Are you ready for the challenge?
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