Leadership, in the sense I use it here, is not a role or a title — it is a level of operation. The models here are about what that level looks like, how to distinguish it from high-grade expertise and what it takes to get there. The common thread: the move from directing outcomes to designing conditions.
- FIG. 01 — CATALYST LEADERSHIP
Catalyst Leadership — Bill Joiner & Stephen Josephs
Three levels of leadership mindset — Expert, Achiever, Catalyst. Most senior leaders operate as high-grade experts; catalyst leadership is what makes a team-of-teams organisation actually function.
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