Great Leaders Do: How Great Leaders Create Capability, Not Dependency

Abstract Book of the 4th International Conference on Leadership, Culture, and Talent Management

Year: 2026

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Great Leaders Do: How Great Leaders Create Capability, Not Dependency

Lauren Montgomery

ABSTRACT:

Organizations are full of smart, capable leaders who were rewarded for having the answers, solving the problems, and getting the work done. But the behaviors that make someone a great expert can become a bottleneck when they become a leader.
Great Leaders Do challenges the idea that effective leadership means staying involved in everything. Through candid stories, real-world examples, and practical tools, Lauren Montgomery explores the shift from expert to enabler and shows how leaders can create clarity, build capability, and trust others to deliver.
Because sustainable transformation doesn’t happen when a handful of leaders carry more. It happens when leaders build people who can carry more with them.
Great strategies don’t transform organizations. Great leaders do.

Keywords: Accountability; Change Leadership; Delegation; Employee Empowerment; Leadership Capability; Leadership Development; Organizational Change Management; Organizational Transformation; Trust; Workforce Development