Jimmy Burroughes·Sep 30Why Do Reorganizations Fail? The Org Chart Was Never Carrying The ProblemAnswer: Reorganizations fail because they change who reports to whom and leave alone who’s allowed to decide what. The escalations that…
Jimmy Burroughes·Sep 9Why Your Best People Keep Waiting for You to Save the DayThere is a moment that happens in almost every operational business, usually without anyone noticing it happen. A high-stakes deal is on…
Jimmy Burroughes·Sep 2The Trust Problem You Built Without RealisingEverything lands on your desk. Decisions that should have been made two levels below. Escalations from managers who are capable but keep…
Jimmy Burroughes·Aug 26Your Management Layer Is FloatingYour managers are working flat out. Long hours, full meetings, constant emails. And yet the numbers are not where they should be, strategic…
Jimmy Burroughes·Aug 19The Discipline Nobody Talks AboutOriginally: “Boxers, Snowballs, and Floats”A response icon1A response icon1
Jimmy Burroughes·Aug 12Why Your Leadership Programme Washed Off in the First RainOriginally: “Glaciers, Dumbledore and the wrong paint choice”
Jimmy Burroughes·Aug 5The Management Layer Is the BusinessYour exec team sets direction. But direction without execution is a slide deck. The management layer is where strategy either becomes daily…A response icon1A response icon1
Jimmy Burroughes·Jul 29Why Your Last Restructure Did Not WorkPerformance is short. The leadership team cannot pinpoint why. So the org chart gets redesigned. It feels decisive. It is announceable. And…
Jimmy Burroughes·Jul 22The Escalation TaxEvery time you solve a problem your manager should have solved, you are not helping them. You are training them to bring you the next one.
Jimmy Burroughes·Jul 15Same Headcount, Better NumbersWhen performance is short, the instinct is to reach for headcount or a restructure. Both are expensive, both take months, and both assume…
