In this episode, I address a pattern I see constantly in fast-growing companies: growth accelerates, but management capability doesn’t. When leadership maturity lags behind scale, organisations become fragile. Decision-making slows down, founders turn into bottlenecks, managers hesitate, and teams disengage quietly. This episode explores why growth problems are rarely strategy problems — they are leadership and management problems.

I explain the early warning signs leaders often normalise and why “doing more” is not leadership. Working longer hours, stepping into every decision, or tightening control may feel responsible, but it actually increases dependency and weakens the organisation. Sustainable growth requires building decision ownership, managerial judgment, and leadership capacity beyond the executive team.

I also share what leaders can do about it: how to think differently about management development, why management is infrastructure (not a soft skill), and how upgrading the management layer protects runway, margins, and focus. This episode sets the tone for Season 3 and challenges leaders to stop carrying the organisation on their shoulders — and start building leadership systems that scale.

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