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Scenario

When teams can't say no to requests outside their scope

Our team keeps taking on urgent requests from other departments and we all hate it but no one wants to be the person who says no because it makes you look uncooperative. We've doubled our workload in six months with stuff that isn't even our core responsibility and our actual projects are suffering but somehow we keep agreeing to more.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group has lost control of their priorities because individual risk aversion prevents collective boundary-setting.

Your guide for this
Aurelius
Aurelius works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Public Safety — Fire & Rescue?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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