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The Alignment Tax: Why Growing Companies Slow Down
Why companies that double headcount often see decision velocity drop to quarter speed—and the infrastructure gap that causes it.
Decision Rights: The Missing Infrastructure
How unclear decision authority creates bottlenecks and what high-performing teams do differently.
The Hidden Cost of “Quick Syncs”
Why informal coordination that worked at 30 employees becomes a tax at 150—and what to do instead.
Why Your Decision Matrix Isn’t Working
Common mistakes in implementing decision frameworks and how to fix them.
Leadership Guides & Calculators
Interactive tools to quantify alignment costs and identify improvement opportunities.
$500K Meeting Waste Calculator
Quantify the annual cost of ineffective executive meetings.
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Executive Time Allocation Snapshot
Reveal escalation patterns and delegation opportunities.
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Rework Cost Estimator
Quantify engineering capacity lost to misalignment.
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Recent Topics
- The hidden cost of “quick syncs” (and what to do instead)
- Why your decision matrix isn’t working
- Three signs your alignment problem is actually a clarity problem
- How to run a priority trade-off conversation that sticks
- When to push back on escalations (and when to accept them)
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