Free Lesson
Set Up Your Team to Make Decisions Without You
30 min
Mar 5, 2026 12:30 PM
Virtual (Zoom)
In this video
What you'll learn
How to test if your team’s purpose guides decisions
Run a simple diagnostic to see if your team’s purpose actually directs priorities and tradeoffs.
How to spot the reasons decisions keep defaulting to you
Identify the structural signal that’s making you the decision hub instead of the team.
How to redesign your team's purpose
Use our proven template to rewrite a clear and compelling team purpose.
Why this topic matters
When a team’s purpose isn’t clear enough to guide decisions, it all defaults to the leader. That slows execution, creates extra meetings, and compounds leader overload. This session shows how to quickly test whether your team’s setup is helping or quietly making you the decision hub — and what to do about it.
You'll learn from

Paul Thallner
Certified Team Effectiveness Expert (ex-Great Place to Work)
Developed teams at companies like
