Are You the Bottleneck?

Every problem lands on your desk. Every decision waits for your sign-off. You tell yourself it’s just a busy patch, but a busy patch doesn’t last eighteen months.

The Bottleneck Audit is a simple one-week tracking tool. No theory, no long reading. You track what actually comes to you for seven days, then answer four questions that show you the pattern. Most managers are surprised by what they find.

Think of it the way a good coach reviews game footage. You can’t fix what you can’t see, and most managers have never actually watched the tape on their own week.