When You Become the System Holding Everything Together

About this episode

Maryanne discusses the increasing burden on CEOs as they transition from leading to stabilizing their organizations.

There's a pattern I see in high-functioning leaders that nobody names until it breaks something. They've become the system. Not by design. By default. Gradually, quietly, they've become the thing holding everything together and the organisation has quietly stopped being able to function without them. This episode names how it happens, what it costs, and what the first move out of it looks like. --- Follow Maryanne for updates here: www.maryannekatsidis.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maryannekatsidis/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maryannekatsidisadvisor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryannekatsidis/ By accessing this podcast, I acknowledge that the entire contents are the property of Maryanne Katsidis, or used by Maryanne Katsidis with permission, and are protected under the Australian and International trademark laws. Except as otherwise herein, users of this podcast may save and use information contained in the podcast only for personal and other non-commercial, educational purposes. No other use, including, without limitation, reproduction, retransmission or editing of this podcast may be made without prior written permission of Maryanne Katsidis, which…

People in this episode

Host: Maryanne Katsidis

Topics covered

• leadership
• CEOs
• organizational stability
• responsibility
• capacity issues

Keywords

• leadership
• CEOs
• organizational dynamics
• responsibility
• stability
• capacity
• decision-making

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