Couple of weeks ago I was attending a Forum where the topic gravitated around Responsability vs Accountability in leading Businesses. Good arguments were popping up. Then, one of the participant share his frustration about managing pressure from customers plus the challenge to meet unreasonable deadlines.
I raised my hand to intervine sharing an idea about the importance of assessing internal capabilities and based on that set a “Pace” for execution. Why? Because, good communication is not enough but a constant flow of updates and follow ups with a fluid frequency matters more when managing complex requests.
So, in a personal setting I tend to struggle with overseeing a Pace of execution because of not differentiating when I feel Anxiety (imagining a bad outcome) or Impatience (assuming just more speed is needed) when facing an assignment that require collaboration.
That is why instead of letting space to frustration, leaning towards visibility and context from the Source (be it the Board or upper management layers) act as stabilizers. Clean prioritization, in reality, looks more like an utopia than a judgement practice.
Therefore, the challenge I set for myself is assume agency to redirect energy to make the simple “next step” in every domain I’m leading or taking part. In most context, the main obstacle is alignment but when alignment is agreed we tend to be burned out to set execution in place.
Will you be open to new possibilities by just be willing to take the “next step”?