85%
of CEOs say they need more support navigating disruption
AlixPartners, 2026
Reframe Leadership
Every leader today is being tested by winds they didn’t choose.
Constant change. Rising complexity. Pressure from every direction, all at once. The instinct is to grip tighter. There’s a more durable way to stand in it.
What The Data Is Showing Us
The usual approach — build resilience, build capacity — isn’t producing the results leaders need.
This isn’t a motivation problem. It’s showing up in the numbers, at every level of the organization.
30%
of CEOs are confident in revenue growth — down from 56% in 2022
PwC Global CEO Survey, 2026
22%
manager engagement globally — the steepest decline of any group
Gallup, 2026
$10T
in productivity lost to disengagement worldwide
Gallup, 2026
What We See Most Often
Under real pressure, we typically do three things:
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We hold on tighter — reaching for control and certainty, even when neither exists.
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We retreat to what's familiar and perform certainty we don't feel — a facade that quietly robs the system of its ability to adapt.
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We carry the load heroically instead of sharing it, so the system never has to fully face what's actually happening.
Leadership isn’t about blame. It’s about growth. We hold real compassion for why this happens — and real accountability for what it takes to lead differently.
The tree that survives the storm isn’t the stiffest.
Roots and trunk hold. The crown adapts in real time. Growth shapes what it becomes next season. Grounded Agility is that same motion — in a person, a team, an organization.
The Engine
Hold. Adapt. Shape™. Three moves, one continuous practice.
Not a trait you have. A practice you return to.
The same motion, at every scale:
Hold
Ground the system. Confront reality, name the fear, and make sense of it together.
Grounded Presence
Identity, nervous system and values as the anchor.
Adapt
Widen the lens. Let go of old stories, invite new information, and find the courage to see differently.
Expanded Awareness
Sense-making that widens your own range.
Shape
Author the future. Flex, shift, and act to build what's next.
Intentional Becoming
Deciding who you're growing into next.
Each pass isn’t a repeat — it’s a turn of the spiral, building more capacity than the one before.Explore Hold, Adapt, Shape in depth
“Larry has been a trusted advisor and coach to both new and long tenured leaders at FCC for almost two decades. His ability to help individual leaders unlock their full potential to successfully serve their employees and support the achievement of FCC’s business objectives is invaluable.”
Mike HoffortPresident & CEO · Farm Credit Canada
(06) — Diagnostic
Grounded Agility Snapshot
When change, challenge, and complexity hit, how do you — and your team, and your organization — typically react? Rate each honestly. Start with yourself; add Team and Organization for a fuller picture.
These aren’t skill gaps. Each reactive pattern is usually protecting something — a fear of not being enough, of losing control, of being exposed. Naming the pattern is step one. Naming what it’s protecting is the real unlock.
Hold
Push through, mask what I'm feeling, and keep moving without checking in with myselfPause, name what's actually going on for me, and choose my next move on purpose
Adapt
Push harder, double down on my approach, enlist others in my perspectiveStep back, gain perspective and new information, and investigate other possibilities
Shape
Defend the strengths that made me successfulTry a new approach even when the old one still works
Grounded Agility Snapshot
Move any slider to begin. Your score reflects only the levels you actually complete — nothing is extrapolated.
Each level is scored only from the sliders you answer there. Complete more than one level to see your overall score and the single move-at-scale where capacity is thinnest.
(07) — Connect
Connect with us to explore how you can lead effectively in complexity and load.
Whether the challenge sits with one leader, a team, or the organization as a whole, the work begins with a conversation about the load you’re carrying — and what it would take to carry it differently.
(08) — Insights
Ideas from the practice.
Distrust has risen, confidence in leadership has eroded, and many teams are carrying fatigue, grievance, and quiet disillusionment. Our five-part essay series maps a path from the conditions leaders actually face to the inner capacities required to lead well within them: presence, discernment, letting go, and agency.
The five parts
- 01
Leadership After Certainty: What This Environment Now Demands
- 02
The First Discipline of Leadership in a Reactive Age: Presence
- 03
Better Judgment Starts With Better Sense-Making
- 04
Letting Go for a Higher Yes
- 05
Becoming the Kind of Leader This Moment Requires
- Essay
Adaptive Leadership Isn’t a Framework. It’s a Capacity.