Growth

Growth is not objectively sacred. You necessarily commit to growth in order to avoid decline and irrelevance. As people and organisations we either evolve or decay. But we cannot maintain a status quo. When the shield of protection becomes a cage of stability, it must be broken. Entropy, the second law of thermodynamics, claims that all closed systems move towards average performance and eventually decline. Leadership responsibility includes infusing and importing fresh energy into the system to avoid decay and to sustain growth. Leaders are the primary promoters of organizational renewal, it's their responsibility to yield the shield, personally and organizationally.