Most businesses don’t struggle because they lack ideas. They struggle because they’re trying to execute too many of them at once.
Growth doesn’t slow down due to scarcity. It slows down due to diffusion of focus.
Meet Karan, CEO of a diversified mid-market company.
From the outside, things looked great:
Multiple growth opportunities
New markets opening up
Several “promising” initiatives running in parallel
Inside the business, though, something felt off.
Despite all the activity, results were average. Teams were stretched. Priorities kept changing. And every quarter ended with the same sentence: “We did a lot… but not enough of what really mattered.”
Karan’s flaw wasn’t ambition. It was the inability to say no to good ideas.
Too many priorities look like progress until results fall short.
During a review session, I as a Coach asked Karan a simple question: “If you could only win at three things this quarter, what would they be?”
The room went silent.
That’s when it hit him. They weren’t failing due to poor execution. They were failing due to lack of ruthless prioritization.
Focus wasn’t about doing more. It was about doing less but doing it exceptionally well.
We helped Karan change the rules.
He introduced a discipline across the leadership team:
No more than 3 enterprise priorities per quarter
Every new initiative had to answer: “What will we stop doing?”
Leaders were rewarded not for starting projects but for finishing the right ones
The shift was uncomfortable at first. But within two quarters:
Execution speed improved
Teams felt clearer and calmer
Results finally started matching effort
Karan learned a powerful lesson:
Strategic focus is not an act of addition. It’s an act of subtraction.
🧩 Our Solution: The Focus Filter for CEOs
Before approving any priority, run it through this filter
Message: You don’t grow by doing everything. You grow by doing the right few things consistently and exceptionally well.
In a world full of opportunity, focus becomes leadership’s sharpest edge.
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