TBM 256: The Slide

An Unclear Mission. The organization does not understand what it’s trying to do. This is all too common. Lack of a Strategy—or Failure to Follow It. There is a lack of alignment across the team on “how” the mission is to be accomplished. Often strategies brief well but are either unrealistic or simply ignored. Poor Communication. The parts of the o

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Organizations are often spread too thinly across too many priorities, and too many of them are ill defined. Things tend to get added to the pile over time, and before we know it, we have huge backlogs. We're spread a mile wide and an inch deep. The problems with pace and tempo are, of course, related to having too much going on at the same time. It... See more

Many successful organizations pride themselves on moving quickly to tackle problems. But over time, they start to feel way, way slower. Accomplishing previously simple things feels like it takes forever...This happens in every successful organization over time.