One of the most frustrating parts of ownership is the tension between progress and overwhelm. If you do not change anything, nothing improves. If you change too much, your team gets overwhelmed.
Most owners assume their team resists change itself, but that is rarely true. Teams burn out when change is left unfinished. Ideas get rolled out halfway, expectations shift without clarity, and new initiatives pile up faster than anyone can absorb, with no follow-up, no finish line, and no recognition of what the team has already accomplished.
Here is the guardrail I shared in this week’s episode: you can dream in parallel, but you must implement in sequence. One focus per month. Everything else gets packaged underneath it.
To make this practical, use my 30-day rollout:
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Pick one focus for the month and clearly state why it matters.
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Define what “done” looks like, meaning you are no longer doing it the old way.
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Do quick micro check-ins during the month to ask what is working, what is not, and what needs to be tweaked.
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Close the loop at the next meeting, celebrate the win, and lock it in as the new normal before you move on.
That is the big takeaway. Teams do not fear change. They fear unsupported and unfinished change.
If your practice feels stuck between standing still and overwhelming everyone, listen to the latest episode. I walk through the full framework for rolling out improvements at the right pace, keeping momentum high, and avoiding change fatigue while still moving the practice forward. Listen here:
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