95%

I don’t have a ten-year study to prove it. I don’t have a trendy article that declares this is true. But, I’ve quoted this for years and candidly no one has challenged me yet. 95% of all organizational problems are a result of ineffective leadership. Still with me? Believe my bold assumption? Let’s break it down: - leaders develop budgets - they hire - they fire - they approve just about everything including vacations and staffing assignments - they implement new strategies - they decide on how communication will flow and which tools will be used - and on and on… With so much authority concentrated in a small group, wouldn’t we expect those leaders to be dynamic, engaging, savvy, and passionate about the people they are leading? Where should we go from here? If 95% is a real thing, does that trigger a response? What does that response look like? It’s easy to say that leadership is important; however, framing true leadership as a very small group of individuals that control everything feels a bit different, right? What about empowered employees? What about pushing decision-making down to the frontline? I don’t believe it’s true…that’s just double-talk in my opinion. What do you think? Thanks for being here. Jay Pic