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"Why can't my team keep up? Why do I have to explain everything a hundred times? Why does their work always feel...underwhelming?"
Do you ever get the sense that you’re light-years ahead of your team? That they’re constantly unable to keep up with you or “get” it? There’s a reason for that, and it’s one of the most common performance drags in business.
If you’re an exec, team leader, or the CEO, you are paid to see the Matrix, while others are often laser-focused on the pixels. That is both good…and frustrating. There just seems to be a lot of misses in how the work moves ahead and gets done.
You know that your team isn’t stupid, so what’s going on?
You connect dots quickly, see where the puck should move, and your brain operates at significant speed…and honestly? Your intellectual horsepower almost seems to be becoming a liability to your leadership.
That’s not true, of course; it’s how your abilities interplay with others that becomes a liability. Something is…off. There’s a gap you can fill here, and that’s what this edition is about.
I've worked with countless executives who possess this exact superpower…and it often feels like an affliction. They think faster, see further, and synthesize information at a rate that leaves their teams in the dust. It’s not the team's fault…it’s *theirs*.
The answer isn't that your team is slow…it’s that *you* have to operate differently. Here’s how to stop dragging people around and get them running the race with you.
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