What Gets In The Way

Your people are the biggest variable in your results. When something is off, everything downstream feels it.

• —Key talent continually leaving
• —Disengagement while going through the motions
• —Inability to perform under pressure
• —Underperforming despite having the capability
• —High potential people not stepping up
• —New hires not settling or delivering
• —Avoiding accountability
• —Conflict between individuals affecting the work

Leaders set the tone for everything around them. When they lose influence, it tarnishes the organisation.

• —Crumbling under the pressure of visibility
• —Impostor syndrome
• —Leaders pulling in different directions
• —Inability to have difficult conversations
• —Poor decision-making under pressure
• —Not getting genuine buy-in from their teams
• —Losing the confidence of the people around them
• —Struggling with the transition from doer to leader
• —Lack of clarity on their own strengths

Strategy means nothing without a team that can execute it. When teams aren't functioning well, the results will always suffer.

• —Team members competing with each other instead of the actual competition
• —Operating in silos, reluctant to collaborate
• —Lack of trust between team members
• —One or two people carrying the rest
• —Conflict that isn't being addressed
• —Inability to perform when the stakes are high
• —No shared definition of what good looks like

The environment shapes behaviour. It either reinforces what the organisation needs for success, or actively works against it.

• —What's stated and what's rewarded are two different things
• —Unwritten rules that nobody talks about but everyone follows
• —People afraid to speak up
• —No real sense of purpose or direction
• —Leadership not modelling what they expect of others
• —Gossip and politics replacing real communication
• —Accountability exists in name only