Your strategy may be sound. Your people may be capable and empowered to move forward. But if important decisions still come back to one leader, the change can only move as fast as that leader can.
We Optimize Work helps leaders of big change find where decisions are waiting on them, then build the clarity, decision rights and confidence their people need to move forward without waiting.
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When everything important comes back to you, your change has a capacity problem.
Your people have the skills to move forward. Your executives and stakeholders are on board.
But decisions your people are empowered to make still come back to you. So, you approve, clarify, push and step in to make the call. And because you're accountable for the outcome, it can feel safer to keep doing it.
The more the change depends on you, the less room you have to lead it the way you envisioned.
What keeps decisions coming back to you?
In the system
Decision clarity: Do people know what they are actually empowered to decide?
Strategic alignment: Do people understand what the organization is trying to accomplish and what matters most?
Information: Do people have what they need to act?
Execution systems: Does the way work is structured reinforce action or escalation?
In the habits it teaches
Leadership behavior: Are leaders creating ownership or unintentionally training people to wait?
Confidence: Do people trust their judgment enough to make the call?
Change only holds when both shift together.
How We Help
Trusted to Decide™
Trusted to Decide™ is for leaders delivering a big change whose initiative still depends on them to keep moving, even after their people have been given the authority to decide.
Over 90 days, in four 2-hour working sessions with you and your team, we’ll reveal where decisions are waiting on you, clarify what your people need to make aligned calls, shift the right decisions to the right levels, and activate the new way of deciding on live work.
You’ll see the results measured at baseline, Day 60 and Day 90.
Our Clients Trust Us
“Wow. DYNAMIC. Before we partnered with We Optimize Work, our organization was disconnected and lacked clear direction on how to best approach a strategic objective. As an Executive that is invested in supporting my leadership team, I knew it was time to partner with a firm that could work alongside us. Our team has improved our engagement by 212% within a year. She established buy-in from team members quicker than I have experienced in my 20 plus years in this industry. I highly recommend working with We Optimize Work.”
- C. Chavez, Fortune 50 Global Leader in Technology
“Our experience with We Optimize Work team was both transformative and impactful. This partnership was well beyond our expectations; the WOW team was a joy to work with and completely transformed the space into the most welcoming and safe environment. The care and purpose put into all of the details, created a space that drew participation from staff at a level that is rarely achieved in the workplace. We can't wait to work with this team again and again!”
- R. Beck, Sr. VP, Top US Best Financial Services Firm
Research
The cost of decisions waiting
Ineffective Decision-Making Gap
In a McKinsey survey of more than 1,200 managers, ineffective decision making was estimated to cost a typical Fortune 500 company about 530,000 days of managers' time a year, roughly $250 million in wages.
Source: McKinsey & Company, Three keys to faster, better decisions
The Transformation Gap
Fewer than one in three respondents to a McKinsey global survey said their company's transformation was successful, a rate that hasn't moved in over a decade.
Source: McKinsey & Company, The science behind transformations
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