The Bottleneck Breakdown

Noah, Amanda, and Kevin are reviewing their last marketing campaign in a meeting room in Austin, trying to understand why things took so long.

The Bottleneck Breakdown

True or false?

The team finished their project in Austin three months ahead of schedule.

• True
• False

Amanda felt she had no room for manoeuvre during the campaign.

• True
• False

Noah intentionally wanted to micromanage every single detail.

• True
• False

Noah thought he was providing a safety net by reviewing drafts.

• True
• False

The team decides to hand over full decision rights to team leads.

• True
• False

Listen again and complete the sentences

• Noah: That's interesting because I assumed you had plenty of ____ . Weren't you supposed to handle those client emails on your own?
• Amanda: How could I when I had to ____ just to change a button colour? It felt like nobody trusted our judgement.
• Noah: Me? Goodness me. I only did that because I thought you wanted a ____ ! Nobody ever asked me to stop checking them.
• Noah: Not at all! I wanted to ____ months ago. I was just trying to help, but I ended up spreading myself too thin across all your tasks.
• Kevin: Lesson learned for the next project in Seattle. From now on, let's ____ , but mostly just trust.

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