A good place to begin when looking at leadership issues in a business organization is the context. Begin that by identifying the forces of change.

• Is there growing complexity? What kind – technological, market, workforce, competition, other?
• Is the pace of change shifting: slowing down, speeding up?
• How is the leader seeing and experiencing change in their business?
• Is this ongoing, accelerating, slowing down, temporary?

Appreciating the context of leadership is essential in taking further developmental steps.

> Russ Volckmann