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The greatest threat to a organization's success is not always your competition. Often, it is just what a company does to itself. Due to dread, companies become plagued with barriers and bureaucracy that limit success, crush employees, and infuse stress and a feeling of futility over the enterprise. It starts off with a narrowing of emphasis, which causes the first level of bureaucracy: parochialism. Parochialism is out there when managers and departments begin to view the globe through the filtration of their own little silo and build wall space made of rules and policies to protect their turf. As businesses increase and become more advanced, the second level of bureaucracy is come to: territorialism. While parochialism is approximately protecting a department from outsiders, territorialism is approximately controlling those inside the silo. The 3rd and final level of bureaucracy is empire building, which really is a response to recognized risks to a department's potential to be self-sufficient. These barriers cost organizations a lot of money in inefficiency, turnover, waste, and demoralization. Tearing down these barriers is difficult, but it could be done. Parochialism can be taken out by resetting rules and insurance policies and refocusing on the best mission of the organization. Territorialism can be taken out by creating true empowerment, along with appropriate levels of accountability. Empire building can be tackled through shared goals and a couple of guiding guidelines that help act as a referee in decision making. But that's not enough. Managers must also make a culture of courage to permit employees to take benefit of these new freedoms and accountabilities. Courage killers must be rooted away and handled swiftly and firmly. Finally, leaders must refocus on quest success rather than just examining off their part of the process, manage reference points, and engage employees. By doing all these things, an organization can become fearless and unstoppable.
