Problem Card · Mature Scale · Institutionalize It

Founder or CEO Bypasses Governance

You may recognize this when

  • A powerful leader privately redirects resources, reopens decisions or issues side instructions outside formal mechanisms.
  • The organization learns that the visible institution is conditional on personal authority at the top.

What it looks like

A powerful leader privately redirects resources, reopens decisions or issues side instructions outside formal mechanisms. The organization learns that the visible institution is conditional on personal authority at the top.

A question to test it

What recent example from your own company would confirm or rule this out?

Source: Mature Scale problem registry

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