"While individuals often return feeling refreshed, organizations as a whole can lose focus after an extended period of time off."
"In this issue of the HBR Executive Agenda, editor at large Adi Ignatius talks to HBS professor Tsedal Neeley about how leaders can address this challenge head on, reminding teams of their shared mission and making sure employees are focused on your most strategic priorities."
Long breaks can refresh individuals while weakening organizational focus, momentum, and alignment. Leaders must proactively re-center teams on the shared mission and the few most important strategic priorities. Managers should communicate clear short-term goals, prioritize tasks, and eliminate low-value work to prevent diffused attention. Reboarding rituals, explicit role expectations, and synchronized timelines help rebuild coordination. Leaders should model priorities through visible actions, adjust incentives and metrics to reinforce desired behaviors, and limit meeting overload to preserve deep work. Monitoring progress, soliciting feedback, and reinforcing psychological safety accelerate recovery of collective focus and performance.
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