CEO’s and Senior Leadership must have a defined process in place that allows employees to take ownership for their area of responsibility, while guaranteeing alignment with key company goals.
A summary of the process needed to align everyone in the organization to key goals, while allowing them to use their skills and talents to achieve those goals.
It all starts with the question: ”What is going on that could get in the way of us hitting our goals?” Don’t just ask your team, ask everyone and provide a way for the information to bypass normal channels so it is unfiltered and unvarnished. And in your next communication, acknowledge that you got the feedback and appreciated it!