Shoot the Generals?

When it comes to winning a battle and cutting short the fight, shoot the generals!

Taking out the leaders leaves the soldiers without direction. Removing the persons who are responsible for winning strategy and decisions necessary for forward progress quickly results in their defeat.

That’s a leadership principle for any kind of organization.

With that being true, then it becomes vital that leaders who refuse to consistently lead into change that results in progress need to change that about themselves or be replaced. Leaders who reach a comfort zone and decide to go no further determine the place of stagnation and, ultimately, the start of decline for the organization they lead.

Thus, leaders must always be leading forward for the vitality of those they lead or they become the root of decline.

Scotty