Is "Team Dissonance" Costing You Money?

When you go through a plan and set out what's required, you expect your team to execute it.

You’ve communicated what you want and when you need it.

Everything seems lined up for success.

But then… things don’t go as expected.

Projects start to drag.

People aren’t working together well enough.

And you’re left wondering why the results you want aren’t materialising.

It all started so well, and it can be hard to see where things went wrong—or how to get things back on track.

The reason this is happening is "Team Dissonance"

And it’s one of the most costly problems an organisation can face: costing time, money, AND generating a ripple effect of damage as staff become discontented, deadlines are missed, and delivery commitments falter.

One key early indicator that this is happening in your business?

You find yourself needing to step back in more than you should have to.

If that’s what's happening, I can guarantee that Team Dissonance—that frustrating GAP between what you expect from your team and what's actually happening on the ground—is at play.

It’s vital to resolve it as quickly as possible.

Left unchecked, it means you spend more time fixing mistakes and talking about tasks than actually moving things forward.

The team gets demotivated due to shifting goal posts.

Results seem harder to achieve.

And you’ll no longer be operating at full capacity—which hits your profitability.

When you address the underlying issues causing this sense of dissonance, you can rapidly get things back on track:

• Productivity increases.
• Teams work together more effectively.
• They share an agreed vision of priorities, which they work through together to action.

There are 3 vital components to restore harmony and regain momentum:

Strategic Realignment

We need to get the team realigned so that everyone is in sync and working toward a common shared goal.

Many MDs and CEOs I work with THINK this is already in place.

But the strategic vision, while crystal clear to them, is much fuzzier for their management team.

One of my clients categorically told me his team had complete clarity. But when I spoke to the team, they were overwhelmed, confused, and wasting a lot of time.

It was causing frustration because everyone had made different assumptions, which led to misunderstandings and made it seem like they were working against each other

I used my Strategic Alignment Process to solve this, which united the whole business together to achieve the business plan and goals.

Once everyone is working towards the same outcome, with crystal clear clarity, it all becomes so much easier.

Shifting the Flow of Communication

We need to ensure that priorities are clearly agreed and understood across the business.

It's vital that this includes a rock-solid "ball-drop" process, so that when bumps in the road occur, they don't derail progress or create conflicting ideas about the way forward.

THIS is what was missing that sent progress off the rails in the first place.

When we put this in place, the team could clearly see what's required and were incredibly motivated to achieve it together.

Embedding Accountability Mechanisms

We need to establish clear accountability mechanisms so teams take ownership.

This makes a MASSIVE difference—key decision-makers are empowered to use their initiative, reducing the need to keep pulling you in to make decisions.

This is exactly what I did with my client—the MD of a manufacturing business.

As a result, his team went from disagreements, errors, costly mistakes, and last-minute panics about meeting deadlines to a far smoother operation.

Now, they’re not only managing the day-to-day operation effectively but also taking initiative on long-term projects and improvements that make the business more competitive.

Want to learn how to get your managers to actually manage without you looking over their shoulder?

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