The hidden ‘tax’ you pay when you lead too fast

A few years ago, I coached an executive who was, by every external measure, crushing it. He had pushed his team through a major platform migration in record time, hit every deadline, and was already lining up the next initiative before the first one had fully landed. When I asked how the team felt about the pace, he said, “They’re fine. Nobody’s pushed back.” That was the problem. Nobody had pushed back in weeks. When we dug into it, the picture changed fast. People were still showing up to…