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When Execution Isn’t the Problem—Clarity Is
Every December, I get the same call. A leader, stressed, saying some version of: "We set all these goals in January and somehow it's December and none of them are done. I don't know what happened." I do. What happened is February. And March. And seventeen other priorities that felt urgent. And five org changes. And that one "quick win" that turned into a whole thing. But when I ask, "What were your top three goals for the year?"—crickets. Then they pulled up their January kic

Wendi Pannell
Dec 22, 20254 min read
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