Things like actively overseeing career advancement, fighting for appropriate and fair metrics, going to bat for higher salaries and bonuses, encouraging stretch opportunities, monitoring the weight of work load, running interference, taking the heat, providing air cover.
All of that.
I see it in the best leaders I work with.
But more importantly, their people see it.
Loyalty isn’t a sufficient talent attraction and retention strategy these days, but it’s necessary.
Sarah Levitt is a trusted guide to the c-suite who works with CEOs, senior executives slated for promotion at leading organizations, and senior leadership teams. She is the founder of the Magnificent Leadership® Executive Forum Community, a rich learning ecosystem for senior executives designed to generate maximal learning and business growth. Sarah is the author of the book Magnificent Leadership, creator of The Making Magnificence Project®, and consults and speaks to a broad range of clients, including Harvard Kennedy School of Government, BASF Corporation, Ultimate Software, and American Bankers Association. She is also a coach in the elite Executive MBA program at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.
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