Rising to Power: Why 50% of executives fail in their first 18 months (Carucci & Hansen)

Momentum, your daily edge in Leadership 🚀 · Jan 21, 2026 · 5m

You’ve finally landed the big promotion. You have the title, the office, and the authority. But according to a ten-year study of over 2,700 leaders, you are statistically more likely to fail than to succeed.In today's 5-minute briefing on "Rising to Power," we explore the "Leadership Gap." Discover why the skills that made you a star manager are the very things that will cause you to crash at the executive level.

We’ll look at the four specific dimensions that separate the "exceptions" from the "failures" and why your first 100 days are less about doing and more about learning.

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