Hi Reader, Leadership problems typically begin with small patterns that quietly weaken clarity, trust, and execution. I call this Leadership Drift. The challenge is that most organizations don't recognize these patterns until they've become costly. That's why I created the Leadership Drift Situation Board. It's a conversation tool that helps leadership teams recognize eight common patterns before they become larger problems. Print it. Use it during your next leadership meeting. See what...

Reflections on Leadership Drift When Everyone Is Responsible, No One Is Leadership Drift This Week Leaders inadvertently create accountability problems through small decisions they consider harmless. A project begins with energy. The team meets. Expectations are discussed. Everyone leaves confident that they understand what needs to happen. Then the drift begins. A deadline approaches, but no one is certain who owns the final decision. One person assumed another person was handling the next...

Reflections on Leadership Drift The Leadership Drift Behind Turnover Leadership Drift This Week A manager sends a project update late on Friday afternoon without context. The message is brief, technically accurate, and operationally incomplete. By Monday morning, one email has produced three different interpretations of what should happen next. Each reading seems reasonable to the person acting on it, yet none of them align. Later that morning, managers reinforce priorities they didn’t...