There’s been buzzing in the air lately about success and the role luck plays in it. It seems like everyone wants to attribute their achievements solely to the elusive hand of fate.

I’m gonna give you the hard, bubble-bursting truth.

It's not just luck that got you here; it's preparation.

Too often there’s an expectation that when a leader arrives at a Director or VP or C-level position, they’ve got it all figured out. They don’t. And that’s normal.

In my change management work, I spend a lot of time talking to employees about what keeps them at their jobs and what motivates them to leave. Much like the Gallup quote above, their answer is almost unanimously leadership-related.