- Leadership culture is strongly control- and visibility-driven, with limited trust in teams to manage outcomes independently.
- High volume of reporting, check-ins and alignment meetings significantly reduces time for focused, value-creating work.
- Low psychological safety in practice. Raising risks or concerns is often experienced as costly rather than constructive.
- Important decisions are frequently made outside or above teams, which weakens ownership, accountability and engagement.
- Clear gap between the stated ambition of empowerment and how teams are actually enabled day to day.
