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Today, leaders wait until there’s a problem before they fix it. This approach must be replaced with a process of continuous learning, continuous improvement, continuous adaptation, and continuous change.

One of two things usually befalls a business at this stage that can cause it to fall off the execution lifecycle curve, experience high entropy, and fail. The first is that the entrepreneur is unable to structure, stabilize, and scale the business and s/he has become a bottleneck to growth. In the past, the entrepreneur has worn multiple hats durin

One of the greatest lost opportunities in business occurs when companies that possess phenomenal product knowledge do not employ that knowledge in making the transition from product leadership to solutions leadership.

The access to, or existence of, the required knowledge

Most common executive manager mistakes

Similarly, weakly managed organizations tend to become less organized and focused. Entropy makes it necessary for leaders to constantly work on maintaining an organization’s purpose, form, and methods even if there are no changes in strategy or competition.

Managers will also need basic skills and knowledge about change management in order to conduct effective sessions with employees.

CEO of Hewlett-Packard, has an invaluable perspective on reinventing: “The single biggest problem in business is staying with your previously successful business model . . . one year too long.”

processes. Adaptive leadership thus requires persistence. Significant change is the product of incremental experiments that build up over time.