What do you do when you asked every sharp business question, hired exactly what the team needed, and the business still got slower?
You stopped being the order taker. You interrogate the request, test the numbers, and get real answers. Then you staff the plan anyway, and the roadmap keeps slipping. The gap isn't your questions. Knowing how the business makes money isn't the same as knowing where it's stuck, and every hire you add to broken work can make the jam worse.
In this episode, Jackson and Scott break down the step that sits between a good question and the right move.
You'll discover:
If a headcount request just landed on your desk with the answer already attached, listen now and learn what to check before you open the reqs.
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