Would your employees describe your leadership team the same way you would?

Don't answer too quickly.

There is often a gap between the leadership team executives believe they're running and the leadership employees actually experience. And that gap can show up in places leaders don't immediately recognize: slow decisions, unclear expectations, weak accountability, leadership silos, workarounds, poor execution and employees who have learned when it's safer to stay quiet.

In this episode of The Leadership Risks Nobody Talks About, Mary Ricketts, President & CEO of Turning Point Training & Development, challenges executives to look beyond intentions and ask a harder question:

What is it actually like to be led inside your organization?

Mary explores why dysfunction can quietly become part of an organization's workflow, why silence should never automatically be interpreted as agreement, and why organizations should diagnose leadership problems before prescribing another training program.

You'll also hear five areas every executive team should examine: clarity, alignment, accountability, leadership readiness and psychological safety.

From Mary's Bookshelf:
The Fearless Organization — Amy C. Edmondson
The Advantage — Patrick Lencioni
Multipliers — Liz Wiseman

If this episode leaves you wondering whether your leaders and employees would describe your leadership organization the same way, don't ignore the question.

Learn more about Turning Point Training & Development and our leadership diagnostic, executive team development and executive coaching work at tptrainingcenter.com.