Why Betting on the Few Breaks the Many business capacity developing people food industry growth leadership risk management Nov 26, 2025

Somewhere along the way, โ€œinvest in your top performersโ€ became the go-to leadership strategy.

And on the surface? It makes sense.
Theyโ€™re already delivering. Theyโ€™ve got potential.
But hereโ€™s what most leaders donโ€™t realize:

When you over-index on a few, you undercut your culture.

โš ๏ธ When growth becomes exclusive, so does impact

Most orgs build around their top 10โ€“15%โ€”those seen as โ€œready now.โ€
They pour in coaching, exposure, stretch projects. And it works... until it doesnโ€™t.

Because while ...

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