Overtime dependency

Workload, Time & Energy
Priority: Medium

Overview

How often overtime is required to complete work

Deliverables

  • 1
    Document decision models
  • 2
    Leadership training

Detailed Guidance

Decision-making clarity determines whether teams can act confidently and efficiently. When decision rights are unclear, employees hesitate, escalate unnecessarily, or make assumptions that lead to rework. Clear decision-making frameworks reduce delays, prevent confusion, and support accountability. Organizations that fail to define who decides what encounter repeated bottlenecks, conflict, and inconsistency. Strong decision clarity empowers teams to move faster and operate with greater autonomy while still maintaining alignment. Ignoring this area places strain on managers and slows the entire organization.

What You Will Learn

  • How unclear decision rights create slowdowns and conflict
  • How to define who decides, who contributes, and who executes
  • How to communicate decision roles across teams
  • How to reduce unnecessary escalations and approvals
  • How clear decision structures improve speed and confidence

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