16/12/2025
I have bad news.
If your team struggles with ex*****on, it’s probably not because:
· they don’t care
· they need more context
· they need another strategy deck
· they need “alignment”
It’s probably because you won’t stop talking.
I don’t mean in meetings. I mean in general.
I used to drop by my team almost daily with “quick ideas.” I thought I was being helpful. I was actually DDoS-ing their brains.
Ex*****on didn’t improve when we hired smarter people. It improved when I shut up long enough for habits to form.
That’s the uncomfortable part leaders don’t like to hear.
I wrote about this in a blog post.
It’s not motivational. It doesn’t promise 10x growth. It mostly documents how I got out of my team’s way.
Read it if your company feels busy, smart, and strangely ineffective.