Organization / Scenarios
Bottom line: If every decision still routes through the owner, the problem is rarely “we need better people.” It is structure — roles overlap, authority is implicit, and incentives reward firefighting over systematic execution.
Symptoms owners recognize
- Senior hires leave because they cannot actually decide
- Growth adds headcount but not throughput
- Strategy meetings repeat; execution does not shift
What actually changes the pattern
- Clarify decision rights — who decides what, with what input
- Right-size layers — remove approval chains that exist only for control
- Performance on outcomes, not presence — reward managers for team results
- Embed change — restructure on paper fails without 60–90 days of coached behavior
XieChunQiu approach
Organizational change engagements combine role/headcount design, delegation frameworks, and performance linkage — founder Liu Xinzhen typically joins critical milestone reviews.