The Peer Effect: The Hidden Force Shaping Your Success

What began as an exploration of CEO peer advisory groups soon revealed a broader truth: whether in a forum or a company, exceptional performance is a collective achievement. Peter Senge stated his favorite definition of leadership as “the capacity of a human community to shape its future.” It’s a definition rooted not in control, but in creating the conditions for people to thrive together.

That view aligns remarkably well with Robert Greenleaf’s seminal 1970 essay, The Servant as Leader. While dismissed during the command-and-control era, servant leadership has become the modern standard. And at its heart is something we’ve understood since childhood: the power of peers. In a world changing as rapidly as ours, that power is becoming central to how the best teams and the best leaders succeed. Click here for the complete article https://ceoworld.biz/2025/12/06/the-peer-effect-the-hidden-force-shaping-your-success/