Stop Celebrating The Hero And Start Hiring The Team - Agentic AI - The Digital Transformation Playbook

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You can hear it in the way people talk about work right now: everything is urgent, everyone is stretched, and “high performance” has quietly become shorthand for constant output. We take a different angle by starting with a running truth that’s hard to argue with. Nobody signs up for a half marathon and expects to wing it on the day, so why do we promote people into leadership and then act surprised when they struggle without training, coaching, or recovery? TL;DR / At A Glance: • running as a clear model for planning, consistency and recovery • leaders as business athletes supported by a real performance team • why constant pressure creates exhaustion and weaker decisions • routines, habits and flexibility when curveballs hit the diary • building a high-impact calendar with big rocks and peak flow • deliberate practice, feedback and the limits of “experience” • recovery as a performance lever and the risks of always-on culture Kieran Gilmurray and Laura Lawless explore the idea of leaders as business athletes, and what that metaphor reveals about modern organisations.