Dr. Lillian Schumacher

Dr. Lillian Schumacher is president of Tiffin University and a leader focused on strategy, governance, and driving organizational transformation. She writes and speaks on leadership and how organizations navigate complexity to drive results.

Why leaders accelerate decline when they focus on survival

When survival becomes the strategy, it quietly changes how leaders lead. Efficiency replaces direction, caution replaces conviction, and, over time, organizations don’t stabilize. They stall.