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ENSURE EXECUTIVE SUPPORT
The greatest gift of leadership is a boss who wants you to be successful.
—JON TAFFER
Ensure Senior Manager Support
One of the authors, early in his career, worked in an organization that had not engaged in any leadership development in the past. As he began introducing this to the firm, he said to the CEO, “We need your support for this new initiative.” The CEO was quick to reply, “You’ve got my support.” Over time, however, it became apparent that the two had quite different understandings of what support meant. To ...
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