Internal alignment is often that spot where every manager in the organization is happy, while everyone looking from the outside (customers included) have no clue what is going on.
Aligning is important, but it needs to happen on broad topics. Values, principles, long-term targets.
When alignment gets down to the tactics, to the details, it turns into agreement. It becomes a patchwork that at best reflects the ego and desires of a limited amount of people.
The main reason for your busyness is not a fast-paced business environment. It is not a growing company, the increased competition, a new role. It is not the incompetence of your managers or the inexperience of your peers.
The main reason for your busyness is your need to maintain control.
So the question is: what value do you deliver by being everywhere, at any time, on top everything?
The question touches you personally as well as professionally. And it relates to you, your firm, your loved ones, and your group
Be honest.
When somebody tells you that you are not ready for a project, a new challenge, a promotion, there are two ways you can react.
You can behave as if you were not given the responsibility. That’s easy, because you were not. It is the attitude of “why should I?”, of “it won’t matter”.
Or you can behave as if you were given the responsibility. Do what you would have. It is the attitude of “I can”, of “I will make it matter”.
Which one will you choose?
In most circumstances, the sooner you get to solution-mode, the fewer the possibilities you will have considered.
When you do that with other people’s problems, you are preventing them from finding a way that fits with their lives and with which they are comfortable.
Keep options open, for as long as you can.
It’s ok to be quite.
There is no rule that tells you should be taking your turn in meetings, dumping words in an email threads, using a stopwatch to measure how long has been since you have said something.
Relevance is not measured by how loud or vocal you are.
It’s ok to be quite, and it’s ok to take a break from the constant hustle of demonstrating you know.
Try any of the following to better direct your effort.
Is there anything in particular you would like my input on?
I am not familiar with the issue, so I feel I can’t contribute much.
This is a topic I would like to discuss separately.
I agree with what was discussed so far.
Silence can be valuable, once you take ownership of it.
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