by Laurie Battaglia | Oct 12, 2026 | Newsletter, Systems Thinker Series
A companion to “The Mid-Size Company Leadership Gap” series Here’s a conversation that plays out in mid-size companies all the time. A CEO hires an executive coach for a struggling VP. The VP works with the coach for six months, gets clearer on their strengths,...
by Laurie Battaglia | Sep 21, 2026 | Newsletter, Systems Thinker Series
Somewhere between 800 and 1,200 employees, the leadership team has a conversation that goes something like this: “We used to be able to feel when something was off. Now we can’t. There’s too much. We find out about problems weeks after they started. We have leaders in...
by Laurie Battaglia | Sep 8, 2026 | Newsletter, Systems Thinker Series, Uncategorized
The company that sailed through 250 employees is now at 480, and the leadership team is starting to use a word they haven’t used before: frustrating. The senior team is still strong. The founders are still engaged. The strategy is sound. But something structural has...
by Laurie Battaglia | Aug 24, 2026 | Newsletter, Systems Thinker Series
Here’s a scenario we see over and over. A 180-person company is doing well. Revenue is climbing. The team that built the place — the founder, an early VP or two, a handful of directors — is still largely intact. The culture feels strong. Then, in the span of a single...
by Laurie Battaglia | Aug 7, 2026 | Newsletter, Systems Thinker Series
Let’s get real about something. Most companies don’t Google “leadership development consulting” because things are going great. They search it when a high-performing individual contributor just got promoted and is quietly imploding. When their frontline leaders are...
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