There is a moment many managers recognize. You finish the briefing, ask for questions, and the room goes quiet. No one moves. If your standards are high, that silence can feel like resistance. In reality, it is often uncertainty.

In this episode, we unpack what happens when your quality standard lives only in your head. Your team cannot “hit the bar” if they cannot see it.

What we cover:

• The Invisible Map problem, and why “just make it better” stops momentum

• The cost of control: your team waits, workarounds grow, and you become the bottleneck

• A simple way to keep excellence high while making execution easier

Try this (a 3-step reset):

1) Define the landmarks. Name the specific elements that make work ready to move.

2) Name the coordinates. Write down what “done” means in clear, checkable terms.

3) Own the terrain. Stop softening the standard. Make it visible and usable.

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Credits:

Host: Catherine Insler

Music: “Background Inspiring” by Dmytro Kuvalin via Pixabay (Weekly intro and outro)