Spot It.
You have a plan. It might even be a good one. But weeks go by and daily decisions have little to do with it. Meetings are about today's fires, and if you ask three people what the company's top priorities are this year, you get three different answers, or a shrug.
Sight It.
In our experience, the plan itself is rarely the problem. The real issue is that it was never connected to the work. The usual root causes: too many goals, so nothing stands out; no single owner for each goal; no regular time set aside to check progress; and a plan written by the owner alone, so the team never felt it was theirs.
Solve It.
Start small and make it visible:
- Cut the plan to three priorities for the next 90 days.
- Put one name next to each priority. One person, not a department.
- Hold a 30-minute check-in every two weeks that covers those three priorities and nothing else.
- Ask the team what gets in the way, and remove one obstacle right away.
Run this for one full quarter before adding anything new.
Fixed it yourself? Great. Want help making it stick? Talk to a Troubleshooter.