Mike Hutchins for ACT Leadership

The leadership agenda always tells the truth

Open a leadership team’s agenda and you’ll see more than topics. You’ll see how they think.

Too often, agendas read like extended to-do lists: chasing operational issues, signing off on decisions managers could handle, or circling around the same problem for months. If the list is long, tactical, and cluttered with fixes, it’s not just bad meeting hygiene. It’s a symptom.

The real issue is mindset.

The Mindset Trap

Leaders are rewarded for solving problems. It’s instinctive. See a fire, put it out. Someone hesitates, step in. In most cultures, this is what leaders are praised for—quick answers, visible decisions, heroic rescues.

But in complexity, that instinct backfires. When senior leaders rush to fix, t

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