The Top Dog Mentality: Strategies to Transition from Director to President

There comes a moment in every leader's career when the ceiling above them stops feeling like protection and starts feeling like confinement. You look around and realize you've mastered the role you're in. You understand the systems, the politics, the pressure, the metrics, and the expectations. You've proven you can run a department, drive results, and elevate people. And then a quiet question starts forming inside you:
"What's next?"
For some leaders, that question fades away. For others, t...