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“One of the toughest development challenges is to elevate a critical mass of talent from executive management to true enterprise leadership”. As well as citing the differences between executive and enterprise leadership, this short articles also describes the differences between controlling and creating. And of course rather than just thinking and behaving downwards, enterprise leaders must also make the critical and complex shift across – all functions, all geographies, all divisions, all teams and all customer groups.

Cashman presents 5 ways to consider elevating leadership more authentically to the enterprise level:

1.           Move from Self to Service

2.           Think Across the Enterprise and Across the Marketplace

3.           Practice the Big Three Meta-Competencies of Courage, Collaboration and Creating the Future Together

4.           Share and Develop Resources Across the Organization.

5.           Ask and Answer Four Big Enterprise Questions (Purpose, vision, strategy & talent)

Cashman, K. (2019). Enterprise Leadership: Five big resolutions for 2019. Forbes.https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevincashman/2019/01/15/enterprise-leadership-five-big-resolutions-for-2019/?sh=52c12c66acb5