10 Dec 2025

Role Clarity and a Simple Decision Framework to Help You Regain Focus and Momentum

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This week we’re tackling a challenge that slows down many businesses: unclear roles and decision bottlenecks. When everyone wears too many hats, progress stalls and accountability blurs. That’s role compression — one person taking on too many roles so focus scatters and tasks slip through the cracks.

Here’s what worked for us:

• We asked one question: What’s mine, what’s yours, and what’s stuck?
• We wrote down responsibilities and outcomes. If a task didn’t fit anyone’s lane, we automated or outsourced.
• We adopted the two-door decision model:
  1. One-way doors are big and hard to reverse. Leadership decides.
  2. Two-way doors are reversible. The team decides and learns.

This approach sped up progress and freed leaders to focus on growth instead of firefighting.

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Best regards,

Paul Sweeney

Chartered Accountant & Business Advisor

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Read the blog ​Stop Wearing Every Hat: Avoid Burnout and Clarify Roles in Your Business​ ​ ​