A LIVE WEBINAR FROM SHERWOOD FOUNDRY

THE TRACTION TENSION

7 Challenges Leaders Don’t Talk About Enough

Growing a business creates a strange tension. You need more structure, greater accountability & clearer leadership.

But you also want to retain the energy, speed & entrepreneurial thinking that helped the business grow in the first place.

And somewhere between big ideas & consistent execution, things can start getting messy.

Leaders end up carrying too much. Accountability becomes chasing. New ideas compete with existing priorities. People are responsible for outcomes without having the authority to deliver them. What feels completely clear at the leadership table somehow becomes diluted across the wider business.

Eventually, working harder stops being the answer.

The question becomes:

How do you build an organisation that can execute consistently without a handful of people having to hold everything together?

In this practical webinar, we’ll explore 7 leadership tensions that often sit beneath the surface of growing businesses & what they reveal about the way your organisation is operating.

EVENT DETAILS

date & time:

Wednesday, 30th September 2026

4:00pm - 5:00pm NZDT

1:00pm - 2:00pm AEST

Venue:

Online
via Zooms Meeting

Hosted by:

Adam Harris & Anna Gitana

From Sherwood Foundry

Can’t attend live? Register anyway & we will send you the recording afterwards.

What to expect

When Leading Becomes Carrying

How capable leaders can quietly become the people holding the organisation together & why that creates dependency.

Accountability, Authority & Ownership

Why giving someone responsibility isn’t enough if they don’t genuinely have the ability to make decisions & own the outcome.

Too Many Priorities

How growing businesses can protect focus without losing the ideas, opportunities & entrepreneurial energy that make them successful.

When Accountability Becomes Chasing

Why leaders end up reminding, following up & rescuing, and what that tells you about ownership inside the business.

Keeping the Organisation Aligned

How clarity can get lost as the business grows, even when the senior leadership team believes everyone is on the same page.

Leadership Discipline Without Bureaucracy

How to maintain the rhythms & standards that help a business execute consistently without becoming the process police.

Who Challenges the Leaders?

Why the people responsible for challenging everyone else also need somewhere to think, learn, be challenged & grow.

WHO THIS WEBINAR IS FOR

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN

• Founders & business owners whose businesses are becoming increasingly dependent on a few key people
• CEOs, GMs, COOs & operational leaders responsible for turning strategy into execution
• Senior leaders who feel they spend too much time chasing, fixing or carrying
• Leadership teams struggling with competing priorities or unclear accountability
• Businesses where decision-making authority hasn’t kept pace with responsibility
• Leaders trying to introduce greater structure without creating unnecessary bureaucracy
• Operational leaders who are brilliant at supporting everyone else but rarely get challenged themselves

Growth changes the leadership job.
What worked when the business was smaller often becomes exactly what holds it back at the next stage.
The answer isn’t simply more meetings, more processes or trying harder.
It requires clearer ownership, better conversations, conscious choices about priorities & leaders who know when to step in and when to step back.
The Traction Tension is an honest conversation about seven challenges many growing businesses experience but rarely talk about openly.
You’ll have the opportunity to identify which tension is showing up most strongly in your organisation & consider what might need to change next.
Don’t leave with seven things to do.
Leave knowing the one conversation you need to have.