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- Glossary· Ram Charan's six passagesTerm
Leadership pipeline
Six leadership transitions from individual contributor through enterprise leader, each requiri…
- Glossary· One leader, one missionTerm
Single-threaded leader
One leader, one mission
- Glossary· Discipline of moving people through changeTerm
Change management
Discipline of moving people through change
- Glossary· How performance is set, reviewed, rewardedTerm
Performance management
How performance is set, reviewed, rewarded
- Glossary· Human Capital ManagementTerm
HCM
Human Capital Management
- Glossary· Role-based self-managementTerm
Holacracy
Role-based self-management
- Glossary· Senior leader backing a programTerm
Executive sponsor
Senior leader backing a program
- Glossary· Situation – Behavior – ImpactTerm
SBI feedback
Center for Creative Leadership's structured feedback model. Name the situation, describe the observable behavi…
- Glossary· How decisions get made hereTerm
Operating principles
…st', 'customer over comfort'). Amazon's Leadership Principles are the canonical example.
- Glossary· See EXTerm
Employee experience
…wned jointly by HR, IT, Facilities, and leadership.
- Glossary· Pipeline Passage 1Term
First-time manager
…— the hardest and most under-supported leadership move. Where the most leadership pipeline investment pays back.
- Glossary· Approved hiring slots by quarterTerm
Headcount plan
…t dates. The handshake between Finance, leadership, and Talent Acquisition.
- Glossary· Periodic talent + succession discussionTerm
Talent review
A leadership ritual (often quarterly or annually) where leaders discuss top talent, risk-of-…
- Glossary· Learning Management SystemTerm
LMS
Learning Management System
- Glossary· HR Business PartnerTerm
HRBP
…embedded with a business unit, advising leaders on org design, hiring, performance, and people risk.
- Glossary· Develop, don't directTerm
Manager-as-coach
A management stance that prioritises asking over telling. Strongly correlated with engagemen…
- Glossary· See Ramp timeTerm
Time to productivity
…ommon in sales (time to first deal) and engineering (time to first meaningful PR).
- Glossary· Org-chart depthTerm
Layers
Number of management levels between IC and CEO. Healthy mature orgs: 4–6 layers; flatter for early-s…
- Glossary· How work actually gets done hereTerm
Culture
…system). Culture is what people do when leaders aren't watching.
- Glossary· Handing decision rights downTerm
Authority transfer
…iberate act of moving a decision from a leader to a team or individual — and making that move legible. The opposite of 'delega…
- Glossary· Roles, levels, families, tracksTerm
Job architecture
…ole in the company into families (e.g., Engineering, Product), tracks (IC vs Manager), and levels. The skeleton beneath comp bands…
- Glossary· IC and manager paths of equal weightTerm
Dual track
…e compensated and respected on par with management roles. Standard in modern tech orgs.
- Glossary· Two-boss reporting structureTerm
Matrix organization
…nal manager and a project/business-unit leader. Powers cross-functional execution; creates allegiance and prioritisation frict…
- Glossary· Grouped by disciplineTerm
Functional organization
…gn where teams are grouped by function (Engineering, Sales, Marketing). Strong craft excellence; weak end-to-end ownership.
- Glossary· Commit-to-production durationTerm
Lead time for changes
…running in production. Strong proxy for engineering health and operational risk.
- Glossary· Part-time Chief People OfficerTerm
Fractional CPO
A senior people leader serving multiple companies part-time. Common at 30–150 headcount where full-tim…
- Glossary· Temporary C-level coverTerm
Interim executive
A senior leader brought in for a defined period — typically 3–9 months — to bridge a transition…
- Glossary· Cumulative tiredness from shift patternsTerm
Shift fatigue
…le design, rest rules, and fatigue-risk management systems.
- Glossary· JML lifecycle eventsTerm
Joiner-Mover-Leaver
IT and security shorthand for the three identity-lifecycle events that require access provisioning, change, or deprovisioning. SCIM automates most of it.