Scaling Companies
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When Good Leaders Become the Wrong Leaders
Or have you diagnosed the wrong problem first? The day a good leader starts looking like the wrong leader is rarely the day the problem begins. By the time most boards begin discussing whether to replace a senior executive, the organisation has usually been changing for months. That matters because replacing the wrong executive doesn’t…
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The NHS Doesn’t Buy Technology
Here’s a curious thought. Imagine inventing a better parachute. You spend years proving it works. It’s safer, lighter and easier to use. Every independent test says it’s an improvement…but nobody buys it. Most people would conclude there must be something wrong with the parachute. What if there wasn’t? During my conversation with Vee Mapunde, Co-Director of…
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Why Great Executive Appointments Still Fail
Most executive search briefs are already obsolete by the time the successful candidate walks through the door. That sounds unlikely until you consider how long it takes to appoint a senior executive. Six to nine months can pass between defining the role and welcoming someone into it. In a scaling MedTech company, six months is…
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