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Most strategies don’t fail in the boardroom: they fail in translation. Across UK tech, leaders are crafting strong strategic visions only to watch them unravel during execution. The culprit isn’t ambition; it’s alignment. This article explores the four silent killers of delivery - miscommunication, misalignment, mis-coordination, and mis-adaptation - and outlines how top-performing companies turn strategy into a living system that drives real results.

As your company grows, the leadership model that got you here won’t get you there. Bottlenecked decisions, frustrated teams, and missed opportunities are signs you’re still leading like a start-up. To perform at scale, leaders must stop being heroes and start being hosts - designing systems that empower decision-makers at every level.

Organisations often respond to delivery pressure by adding more teams - but without the right capabilities in place, this only scales dysfunction. In this article, we explore why capability must come before capacity, how to identify the real constraints in your system, and what to do instead of defaulting to headcount growth.