Leadership knows something is seriously wrong, but they can't see it. Something unidentified and insidious is lurking in the shadows like a "thing in the bushes" and it has the organization in a death grip. It hates change. It's the very thing that managers, consultants, employees, and board members all avoid. Its presence is palpable but nobody knows what to do about it. Avoiding it will kill the company. Facing it honestly and dealing with it unleashes a power that will propel an organization into a new realm. But it takes courage to face The Thing in the Bushes.
Even the best-run companies with great products, talented personnel, and superior systems can flounder if they are not relationally healthy. Companies today face "people" issues that didn't exist only a decade ago. Yet those same issues are often ignored and left prowling, waiting to destroy the company. Ford and Osterhaus show business leaders how to face "The Thing in the Bushes" and turn it into a competitive advantage for their company.
