The Systems Thinker Series
How Leaders Solve the Systemic Problems Behind Recurring Workplace Challenges
The Systems Thinker Series is for CEOs, senior leaders, and leadership teams who are ready to stop chasing recurring problems and start understanding the systems creating them.
Are your leaders solving problems proactively, or are they busy managing the symptoms?
Workplace needs and expectations are constantly changing. Teams are more complex, and the leaders who thrive in this environment are the ones who can see beyond the immediate fire in front of them.
The Systems Thinker Series from Aligned at Work® is a three-part leadership series designed to help decision makers see the whole picture. Through her insight and experience in understanding leadership patterns, Laurie Battaglia explores how reactive leadership, siloed thinking, and disconnected decision-making can weaken your organization’s performance, culture, and alignment.
If you’re ready to build a leadership team that thinks and leads systemically, let’s talk. Reach out at laurie@alignedatwork.com or connect on LinkedIn.
Why Executive Development Is Not Just Executive Coaching
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, communicates better one-on-one,...
The 1,000-Employee Inflection Point: Building Leadership at Scale in Mid-Size Companies
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 multiple time zones running...
Hitting 500 Employees: The Leadership Infrastructure Gap Mid-Size Companies Face
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 shifted. Decisions take longer...
The 100–250 Employee Plateau: Why Leadership Development Becomes Critical for Mid-Size Companies
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 quarter, three things happen...
What Leadership Development Consulting Actually Does for a Mid-Size Company
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 causing unwanted turnover. When...
How to Build Systems Thinking as a Leadership Skill
Systems thinking is a leadership skill that can be developed with practice. Learn four ways leaders can build systems thinking, see the whole organization, and solve recurring workplace problems at the source.
The Organizational Cost of Siloed Thinking in Leadership
Siloed thinking in leadership can weaken alignment across teams, create costly gaps between departments, and leave employees caught between competing priorities. Learn how leaders can recognize siloed thinking and build stronger cross functional collaboration.
How Systems Thinking Helps Leaders Solve Problems Instead of Managing Symptoms
When the same workplace problems keep coming back, leaders may be managing symptoms instead of solving the source of the problem. Learn how systems thinking helps leaders uncover recurring patterns, ask better questions, and address the conditions creating the problem.
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