Problem Card · Early Scale · Decentralize It
Accountability Without Economic Authority
You may recognize this when
- Executives or units own results but lack enough budget, pricing, hiring, spending or operating authority to produce them.
- The company asks leaders to own the number while retaining the levers at the center.
What it looks like
Executives or units own results but lack enough budget, pricing, hiring, spending or operating authority to produce them. The company asks leaders to own the number while retaining the levers at the center.
A question to test it
What recent example from your own company would confirm or rule this out?
Source: Early Scale problem registry
Ask Athena
Next step
See the Early Scale problems