Here are eight signs your executive team is leading fearlessly, and 8 it isn’t.

Not Fearless:
1. Bad news arrives late. As a crisis, not a risk.
2. Silence passes for agreement. People don’t feel safe enough to disagree, or sense it won’t be heard if they do.
3. Everyone defends their own patch. No one’s in the room for the whole except the CEO.
4. The team coordinates but doesn’t lead. Meetings report; they don’t decide what matters.
5. Decisions don’t stick. They get quietly ignored — or, when they sour, pinned on someone else.
6. The hard conversation never happens. Tension goes underground, and people are left guessing where they stand.
7. Operations trump strategy, every day. Urgency wins, and the strategic opportunities are missed.
8. The CEO carries leadership alone. The team waits to be told.

Which signs are yours – on both sides? And what are you willing to do about it?

Go fearlessly
Corrinne