Executive talent is rare and incredibly valuable.  In fact, it is the primary element that will make or break an organization.  Organizations can’t afford for many abilities to be learned on the fly in executive roles.  As a result, constantly developing and evaluating executive talent is critical for any organization.  The quickest, most accurate, and very oversimplified way to define executive talent is simply as leadership.

There are many books, articles, authors, and speakers on leadership.  Many of these focus specifically on executive leadership.  Unfortunately, some of the most insightful and useful gems are only hinted at and left under-explored.  Worse, when combining multiple sources, published executive leadership advice as a whole can even be contradictory.  There is untapped value in more dynamic frameworks that tie different approaches together, illuminating which elements should apply in which situations.  This is possible without completely losing the plot and saying “we know executive leadership when we see it.”

There are countless attempts at grand unified theories of leadership.  This is not one of them.  When it comes to leadership there are endless angles or methods to learn about.  Our approach is to review and evaluate many of those to draw new connections and insights.  Adding in personal thoughts and examples or counterexamples is helpful.  From there, the real value comes from examining different theories of leadership in light of each other and seeing what new combinations arise.

The focus of existing sources on executive talent is usually specific to those who are already executives, or even more limited to just CEOs.  Those a short step away from executive levels get much less attention outside of in-house training programs.  Meanwhile, MBA programs and even EMBA programs tend to fall well short of executive-level leadership coaching.  This leaves some large gaps for us to fill.

A great leader seeks for their team to learn rapidly from one another’s mistakes.  Likewise, this site exists to scale out lessons on leadership and improve executive capabilities as widely as possible.