Leading in a Tangle of RelationshipsBumped up two weeks, Engineering insists on another sprint, and HR reports that yesterday’s hybrid-work tweak is already eroding trust. Green-light one request and you alienate another group; stall, and everyone wonders whether you have a backbone at all. Modern leadership, it turns out, is less about choosing a direction and more about threading a path through overlapping loyalties, clashing incentives, and complex relationships.Pause for a moment: how m...
