The "In-Between" Executive Leadership Test

Change is constant everywhere. It is more than constant for executives - it is a necessity. So how do effective executives keep their organization aligned when everything is always changing? This cast presents an example of a leadership test every executive will face, and how to pass it.

Many senior managers and executives feel caught in the middle of their organizations. They're supposed to lead the organization from the top, but they're also supposed to know everyone at the bottom. They're supposed to listen to those above and communicate downwards the organization's plans and priorities and requirements, and they're supposed to listen to those below about status and progress. But what happens if the leaders at the top and the professionals at the bottom don't agree?. What happens is senior managers get caught in the middle. And many make the wrong call for how to handle it.