Leadership: Moving Beyond Judging Work

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Leaders need to move beyond constantly judging the work of their team members through feedback, questions, and managing up with superiors to focus on higher-value activities. Instead of getting caught up in the details of daily tasks, leaders should shift their focus to the broader external environment, understanding industry trends, and identifying opportunities for their organization. By spending more time on strategic activities like reading and analyzing the external landscape, leaders can add greater value to the organization.

The world is changing faster than ever. But leadership teams seem a little… stagnant. Sure, there’s plenty of changeover as one CEO is replaced by another, or as new C-suite roles pop up, but the way leadership teams operate is largely unchanged from the 1950s. That model? It’s antithetical to the change that’s needed for the rest of an organization to become more adaptable and resilient.

In this episode, Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin explore the ways in which leadership teams are holding their organizations back from the future. They’ll dig into how leaders can shift from defense to offense, set the right expectations for their teams, and recognize what their “real work” actually is.

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