Given the growing demands on leadership teams, particularly the CEO, the current structure for leading companies may no longer be sustainable. Derek Robson, our CEO, and Tim Brown, our Chair, believe that the fundamental role of leadership teams has changed.
Reprinted from the SHRM Executive Network’s People + Strategy journal.
The fundamental role of the C-suite has changed. In the past, the leadership team’s job was to keep the existing machine humming, optimizing for efficiency and profitability. But now the challenge goes beyond delivering business results to driving transformation—in effect, building a new machine that will thrive in the future and, ideally, the present.
And the demands placed on most senior leaders of…