The first step to leading above the line.
The first step to
leading above the line.
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The agencies that grow well have a leadership layer that can carry the weight of the business: people who make clear decisions, hold their teams to account and choose their response when the pressure is highest.
Building that layer is the work I do.
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No one stays above the line all the time. The skill is noticing when you’ve dropped below it, early enough to choose differently.
Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.
No one stays above the line all the time. The skill is noticing when you’ve dropped below it, early enough to choose differently.
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Leadership coaching and advisory for creative, events, experiential, production and exhibition agencies
The Leadership Line works with founders, MDs and senior teams at the point when responsibility needs to move: a new MD, a period of growth, an acquisition, a founder stepping back or a new structure. We build the leadership layer behind the vision, so the business depends less on one person and its leaders have more choice about what comes next.
Founded by Suzy Malhotra, leadership coach and adviser, who co-founded and ran 4D Design, an exhibition and events agency, for nearly 30 years.
Read View from Above, Suzy’s fortnightly letter for MDs, founders and agency leaders.
Based in Henley-on-Thames | Working with agencies across the UK and internationally
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