268. The Execution Gap Your Leadership Training Isn't Closing

About this episode

Traci Chernoff interviews Stephen Flanagan about the execution gap in leadership training and how to bridge it.

This week, Traci sits down with Stephen Flanagan to tackle one of the most persistent problems in growing organizations: the gap between strategy set in the boardroom and what actually gets executed on the ground. Stephen Flanagan is the founder of Seeks Consulting, a firm dedicated to helping lean, fast-growing companies scale leadership by turning mid-level managers into execution-ready leaders. He spent the last decade in learning and development across high-growth organizations, and his flagship program, the Performance Booster, has helped hundreds of leaders drive measurable business impact. What We Cover: Why 60% of strategic goals never translate into results, and what HR leaders say the real number is Translation, communication, and adoption — the three forces driving or stalling execution Why mid-level managers are the most critical leverage point in any organization The "when instead of I will" framework and how it turns strategy into simple, triggerable daily habits Why starting laughably small leads to a 75-85% habit adoption rate How workplace habits spill into personal life, improving stress, presence, and performance at home Connect with Stephen Flanagan…

People in this episode

Host: Traci Chernoff

Guest: Stephen Flanagan

Topics covered

• leadership training
• execution gap
• strategic goals
• mid-level managers
• workplace habits
• organizational growth

Keywords

• execution gap
• leadership
• strategic goals
• mid-level managers
• performance booster
• habit adoption
• organizational strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Seeks Consulting

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