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Episode Overview:

Are you stuck in the decision bottleneck as a leader? In this episode of The Growing Leaders Podcast, Jeff Garrison breaks down a simple but powerful framework - The Decision Intersection - to help your team make better decisions without you having to be involved every time.

Most leaders think their team is the problem. It’s not.

If everything is getting escalated, it’s a clarity issue - not a capability issue. This episode will help you define clear decision boundaries so your team can act with confidence and you can finally step out of the constant decision loop.

Key Takeaways:

1. Over-escalation is a clarity problem - not a people problem.When everything flows to the leader, it’s usually because boundaries were never clearly defined.
2. The red–yellow–green framework creates decision confidence.Teams perform better when they know exactly when to escalate, collaborate, or act independently.
3. Leaders must define AND honor decision authority.If you second-guess decisions in the “green zone,” you quietly train your team to stop taking ownership.

What You’ll Learn:

• How to use the Decision Intersection (Red, Yellow, Green) to guide team decisions
• When urgency changes how decisions should be handled
• How to reduce leadership bottlenecks without losing control
• Why decision-making clarity is essential to moving out of the tactical growth stage

Episode Highlights:

00:00 – Introduction to decision bottlenecks

01:30 – Why leaders get stuck in “stage one”

03:00 – The Decision Intersection concept

05:30 – Red light decisions (escalation rules)

08:30 – Yellow light decisions (collaboration + judgment)

11:30 – Green light decisions (true ownership)

14:00 – How to implement this with your team

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