Set Up Your C-Suite to Execute Your Strategy


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When a client of ours, “Sarah,” became CEO of a fast-growing tech company, she did what many first-time CEOs do: She gathered everyone with a “chief” title and called them her executive team. Soon, her weekly meetings looked like a high school lunch table with 18 people all pretending to update each other while quietly jockeying for turf. Decisions dragged. Priorities blurred. Sarah left each meeting wondering why a room of brilliant individuals turned into sludge the moment she put them together.
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