Helping a 200-person startup's top 15 leaders step up and build a leadership pipeline

The challenge

The startup had grown to 200 people in India, but decisions still flowed through a few founders. The 15 people in leadership roles needed to step up so the company could grow a real leadership pipeline beneath them.

Context

Many of these leaders had been promoted quickly as the company scaled. They were committed and capable, but had never been shown how to lead leaders, set direction or hold others accountable.

Our diagnosis

The founders were the bottleneck because the next layer had not yet built the habits of leadership: owning outcomes, delegating, coaching their own people and spotting future leaders.

The intervention

A leadership journey for the top 15 covering the shift from doer to leader, ownership and accountability, delegation, coaching, difficult conversations, building trust and identifying and growing future leaders in their own teams.

How it was delivered

Sessions were spaced over time so leaders could apply each idea at work and bring real situations back to the group, keeping the journey practical for a fast-moving startup.