Week 7 — The Thinning Pipeline Problem: 

Middle management has been stripped. The talent development engine has stalled. This week examines what that means for senior leaders navigating authority, decisions, and leverage in a thinner organization.

Every structural shift reveals something about the leaders inside it. The thinning pipeline removes the buffer that middle management provided — and what it exposes is whether a senior leader's authority was structural or intrinsic. This episode closes the week with the pattern recognition question that matters most: what is the thinning revealing about how you lead?

The Diagnostic Link: https://www.brianrella.me/diagnostic