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Founder Remains the Hidden Approval System
You may recognize this when
- The founder may attend fewer meetings while leaders still ask what the founder wants before consequential choices.
- Decisions are reopened after comments and founder absence creates a backlog.
- Formal delegation coexists with behavioral dependence.
- Growth is being won when ordinary significant work continues through the management system without founder translation, ratification or rescue.
What it looks like
The founder may attend fewer meetings while leaders still ask what the founder wants before consequential choices. Decisions are reopened after comments and founder absence creates a backlog. Formal delegation coexists with behavioral dependence. Growth is being won when ordinary significant work continues through the management system without founder translation, ratification or rescue. PART 11
A question to test it
What recent example from your own company would confirm or rule this out?
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