It was one of the most memorable moments of my career. I was standing in the front of the room finishing a meeting with the top 200 leaders of a large hospital system in the DC area. I handed the microphone to the CEO to close us out. What he said shocked me and has stuck with me for years. After hours of discussion about the culture of his organization of 18,000 people that day he ended the meeting looking into the eyes of his top 200 and saying into the microphone, "I have come to an inconvenient and disgusting conclusion that I am the problem."That's a direct quote.He was gone less than two months later. He left.For almost a decade I've traveled the world meeting with leaders of some of the world's biggest companies. Amazon, Walmart, Lockheed Martin, General Motors, Johnson & Johnson, Cigna, Hormel, BD, Darden Restaurants, Fox, and HCA to name a few. I've averaged 165 flights a year. New York, London, Singapore, Sydney, New Zealand, and a lot of less notable locales have been stops along the way.Here's what I've learned...Leaders make or break an organization.They are the competitive advantage.Or the anchor sinking the ship.One leader can change everything. Positively or negatively.After years of consulting senior executives on their company-wide culture transformation projects I'm now spending all of my time with a smaller group of leaders. Call them executive coaching clients or whatever you want. They are leaders of teams, divisions, business areas, or enterprises that aren't yet who they want to become.We help successful executives grow their careers through strengthening their leadership effectiveness.That's the phrase we wrote as we founded our firm.Perhaps you're that leader who could benefit from our questions, perspective, and proprietary models. Or maybe you know that leader. DM me. I'd love to chat. 🎯