You've proven you can lead your function. But what does it take to be trusted with the whole business?High-performing leaders often assume the next step comes from becoming even better at what they already do. Sometimes it doesn't.I Thought I Was Ready is a business fable about the transition from functional depth to enterprise leadership.The story follows Chris Ashford, a successful functional leader who believes he is ready for broader responsibility. As his role expands, he begins to discover that enterprise leadership demands a different way of seeing the business-understanding how decisions connect across functions, recognizing tradeoffs beyond his own area, making sound judgments with incomplete information, and building the conditions for others to perform.It is written for experienced leaders who know they are capable of more, but want to better understand what broader responsibility actually requires.Through Chris's journey, the book explores the shift from solving problems within a function to thinking across the enterprise-and the lessons that shape that transition.If you have ever wondered why you have not yet been given the next opportunity, or what you need to learn before you are ready for it, this book was written for you.