A capability gap and a clarity gap produce the exact same status report. Red. Behind. Slipping. Opposite fixes.
A capability problem is "they can't." A clarity problem is "nobody said."
Your red project right now — can't, or nobody said?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
A capability problem is "they can't." A clarity problem is "nobody said."
Your red project right now — can't, or nobody said?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
September 21, 2026 at 11:26 PM
A capability gap and a clarity gap produce the exact same status report. Red. Behind. Slipping. Opposite fixes.
A capability problem is "they can't." A clarity problem is "nobody said."
Your red project right now — can't, or nobody said?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
A capability problem is "they can't." A clarity problem is "nobody said."
Your red project right now — can't, or nobody said?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
You don't fix it with a pep talk.
Find out who's catching it, count what they've been carrying, and put something back. Resilience is a resource — somebody's spending theirs.
What did you put back this week — time, cover, or credit?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
Find out who's catching it, count what they've been carrying, and put something back. Resilience is a resource — somebody's spending theirs.
What did you put back this week — time, cover, or credit?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
September 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
You don't fix it with a pep talk.
Find out who's catching it, count what they've been carrying, and put something back. Resilience is a resource — somebody's spending theirs.
What did you put back this week — time, cover, or credit?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
Find out who's catching it, count what they've been carrying, and put something back. Resilience is a resource — somebody's spending theirs.
What did you put back this week — time, cover, or credit?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
The reward for absorbing well is to absorb more. New Sidebar — Somebody Takes the First Hit.
https://thelaggingteam.com/podcast/0006-somebody-takes-the-first-hit?utm_source=social&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_campaign=somebody-takes-the-first-hit
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
https://thelaggingteam.com/podcast/0006-somebody-takes-the-first-hit?utm_source=social&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_campaign=somebody-takes-the-first-hit
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
September 24, 2026 at 2:36 PM
The reward for absorbing well is to absorb more. New Sidebar — Somebody Takes the First Hit.
https://thelaggingteam.com/podcast/0006-somebody-takes-the-first-hit?utm_source=social&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_campaign=somebody-takes-the-first-hit
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
https://thelaggingteam.com/podcast/0006-somebody-takes-the-first-hit?utm_source=social&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_campaign=somebody-takes-the-first-hit
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
Here's what would make me wrong.
If the name that comes back is the person with the most authority, that's a bottleneck. That is not the catcher.
New Sidebar out today.
Did you get a bottleneck or a catcher?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
If the name that comes back is the person with the most authority, that's a bottleneck. That is not the catcher.
New Sidebar out today.
Did you get a bottleneck or a catcher?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
September 24, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Here's what would make me wrong.
If the name that comes back is the person with the most authority, that's a bottleneck. That is not the catcher.
New Sidebar out today.
Did you get a bottleneck or a catcher?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
If the name that comes back is the person with the most authority, that's a bottleneck. That is not the catcher.
New Sidebar out today.
Did you get a bottleneck or a catcher?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
When something goes wrong, who on your team finds out first?
Ask them. Just that. Then come back and tell me the name.
New Sidebar out today: Somebody Takes the First Hit.
Was it the name you expected — expected, or surprised?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
Ask them. Just that. Then come back and tell me the name.
New Sidebar out today: Somebody Takes the First Hit.
Was it the name you expected — expected, or surprised?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
September 24, 2026 at 5:26 PM
When something goes wrong, who on your team finds out first?
Ask them. Just that. Then come back and tell me the name.
New Sidebar out today: Somebody Takes the First Hit.
Was it the name you expected — expected, or surprised?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
Ask them. Just that. Then come back and tell me the name.
New Sidebar out today: Somebody Takes the First Hit.
Was it the name you expected — expected, or surprised?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
I do it sometimes. You set the goal. Did you say it out loud, in front of the team, in words they can repeat back?
A goal that lives in your head isn't a goal. It's an intention.
Could your team repeat your goal back right now — yes or no?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
A goal that lives in your head isn't a goal. It's an intention.
Could your team repeat your goal back right now — yes or no?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
September 25, 2026 at 11:26 PM
I do it sometimes. You set the goal. Did you say it out loud, in front of the team, in words they can repeat back?
A goal that lives in your head isn't a goal. It's an intention.
Could your team repeat your goal back right now — yes or no?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
A goal that lives in your head isn't a goal. It's an intention.
Could your team repeat your goal back right now — yes or no?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
Ten days before it launched, this show didn't have a trailer.
I wasn't lazy. I wasn't unqualified. I was behind. Those are different things.
What's one thing you're behind on that people have quietly read as something else?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
I wasn't lazy. I wasn't unqualified. I was behind. Those are different things.
What's one thing you're behind on that people have quietly read as something else?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
September 23, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Ten days before it launched, this show didn't have a trailer.
I wasn't lazy. I wasn't unqualified. I was behind. Those are different things.
What's one thing you're behind on that people have quietly read as something else?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
I wasn't lazy. I wasn't unqualified. I was behind. Those are different things.
What's one thing you're behind on that people have quietly read as something else?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
What should leaders stop doing immediately?
Apriel Biggs: not talking to the people doing the work — especially the ones managers say aren't delivering.
The last person a manager flagged to you — did you go talk to them? Yes or no.
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
Apriel Biggs: not talking to the people doing the work — especially the ones managers say aren't delivering.
The last person a manager flagged to you — did you go talk to them? Yes or no.
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
September 23, 2026 at 5:26 PM
What should leaders stop doing immediately?
Apriel Biggs: not talking to the people doing the work — especially the ones managers say aren't delivering.
The last person a manager flagged to you — did you go talk to them? Yes or no.
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
Apriel Biggs: not talking to the people doing the work — especially the ones managers say aren't delivering.
The last person a manager flagged to you — did you go talk to them? Yes or no.
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
"In God I trust. Everybody else, bring data."
Apriel Biggs on why senior leaders go get their own data instead of waiting for the deck.
When did you last see the work yourself, not the report — days, weeks, or months?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
Apriel Biggs on why senior leaders go get their own data instead of waiting for the deck.
When did you last see the work yourself, not the report — days, weeks, or months?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
September 22, 2026 at 11:26 PM
"In God I trust. Everybody else, bring data."
Apriel Biggs on why senior leaders go get their own data instead of waiting for the deck.
When did you last see the work yourself, not the report — days, weeks, or months?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
Apriel Biggs on why senior leaders go get their own data instead of waiting for the deck.
When did you last see the work yourself, not the report — days, weeks, or months?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
When a team falls behind, the leader almost always has a theory about why.
The theory is usually wrong.
Tomorrow's sidebar goes all the way into it.
#Leadership #ChangeManagement #TheLaggingTeam
The theory is usually wrong.
Tomorrow's sidebar goes all the way into it.
#Leadership #ChangeManagement #TheLaggingTeam
September 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
When a team falls behind, the leader almost always has a theory about why.
The theory is usually wrong.
Tomorrow's sidebar goes all the way into it.
#Leadership #ChangeManagement #TheLaggingTeam
The theory is usually wrong.
Tomorrow's sidebar goes all the way into it.
#Leadership #ChangeManagement #TheLaggingTeam
"Tell me where you flagged this and we missed it."
Own the team's failure and you get the truth. Don't, and you get silence.
Apriel Biggs, out today.
When your team is behind, what's your first question — "what happened," or "who"?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
Own the team's failure and you get the truth. Don't, and you get silence.
Apriel Biggs, out today.
When your team is behind, what's your first question — "what happened," or "who"?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
September 22, 2026 at 5:26 PM
"Tell me where you flagged this and we missed it."
Own the team's failure and you get the truth. Don't, and you get silence.
Apriel Biggs, out today.
When your team is behind, what's your first question — "what happened," or "who"?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
Own the team's failure and you get the truth. Don't, and you get silence.
Apriel Biggs, out today.
When your team is behind, what's your first question — "what happened," or "who"?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
Nobody ever asked him a question that would have found any of that out. No one, including me.
You don't investigate a verdict. A verdict is the answer.
When did you last ask instead of conclude — this week, or can't remember?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
You don't investigate a verdict. A verdict is the answer.
When did you last ask instead of conclude — this week, or can't remember?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
September 21, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Nobody ever asked him a question that would have found any of that out. No one, including me.
You don't investigate a verdict. A verdict is the answer.
When did you last ask instead of conclude — this week, or can't remember?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
You don't investigate a verdict. A verdict is the answer.
When did you last ask instead of conclude — this week, or can't remember?
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
"One of the things that drives me nuts are the fake apologies. The 'I'm sorry if I offended you' apologies."
Brandon Raines on what real repair looks like when a leader gets it wrong.
Episode 3 of The Lagging Team.
#Leadership #Coaching #TheLaggingTeam
Brandon Raines on what real repair looks like when a leader gets it wrong.
Episode 3 of The Lagging Team.
#Leadership #Coaching #TheLaggingTeam
September 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
"One of the things that drives me nuts are the fake apologies. The 'I'm sorry if I offended you' apologies."
Brandon Raines on what real repair looks like when a leader gets it wrong.
Episode 3 of The Lagging Team.
#Leadership #Coaching #TheLaggingTeam
Brandon Raines on what real repair looks like when a leader gets it wrong.
Episode 3 of The Lagging Team.
#Leadership #Coaching #TheLaggingTeam
Falling behind is a position, not a verdict.
A verdict is what you are. A position is where you are.
One of those you can change.
The Lagging Team is live — three episodes out today.
https://thelaggingteam.com
#Leadership #Podcast #thelaggingteam
A verdict is what you are. A position is where you are.
One of those you can change.
The Lagging Team is live — three episodes out today.
https://thelaggingteam.com
#Leadership #Podcast #thelaggingteam
The Lagging Team
The show for leaders whose teams got left behind by change. Interviews on Tuesdays, Sidebars on Thursdays. On Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube.
thelaggingteam.com
September 15, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Falling behind is a position, not a verdict.
A verdict is what you are. A position is where you are.
One of those you can change.
The Lagging Team is live — three episodes out today.
https://thelaggingteam.com
#Leadership #Podcast #thelaggingteam
A verdict is what you are. A position is where you are.
One of those you can change.
The Lagging Team is live — three episodes out today.
https://thelaggingteam.com
#Leadership #Podcast #thelaggingteam
Individually competent. Collectively behind.
Both things can be true at the same time, and most leaders only see the second one.
New sidebar out now.
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
Both things can be true at the same time, and most leaders only see the second one.
New sidebar out now.
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
September 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Individually competent. Collectively behind.
Both things can be true at the same time, and most leaders only see the second one.
New sidebar out now.
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
Both things can be true at the same time, and most leaders only see the second one.
New sidebar out now.
#Leadership #TeamPerformance #TheLaggingTeam
You didn't win the retention war.
The war was called off.
Episode 2 of The Lagging Team is out now.
#Leadership #ChangeManagement #TheLaggingTeam
The war was called off.
Episode 2 of The Lagging Team is out now.
#Leadership #ChangeManagement #TheLaggingTeam
September 15, 2026 at 5:46 PM
You didn't win the retention war.
The war was called off.
Episode 2 of The Lagging Team is out now.
#Leadership #ChangeManagement #TheLaggingTeam
The war was called off.
Episode 2 of The Lagging Team is out now.
#Leadership #ChangeManagement #TheLaggingTeam