I can run my part of the agency well now, the people, the workflow, the day to day. But orders come down from every direction, each one saying do the opposite of the last, and I'm left trying to serve all of them at once. The job I can handle; the competing demands drown me.
More people experience this than they realize.
You can run your area, but conflicting mandates from above overwhelm you.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.