NOT TO OPTIMIZE THEM
NOT TO FIX THEIR TEAMS
But to restore alignment between who they are and the whole system they lead.
It rarely starts with strategy.
Nor with the team.
It starts with alignment — the coherence between the leader and the system they lead.
In periods of expansion — scaling, investment, restructuring, subtle shifts emerge before they become visible.
They are sensed before they are measured.
It appears in the dynamics:
Most leaders sense it, but cannot precisely place it:
“Something is slightly out of tune, but I can’t see where the structure begins to drift.”
I usually hear one or several of the following:
This state appears:
Different scale — the same root cause.
When: