How to help your employees own your strategy

Shifting from cascading information to chartering teams can generate the clarity and commitment your new strategy requires.
Chartering is based on the conviction that the real work of strategy execution lies in teams, not in the leaders. And that no organization can afford a single day in which employees do not have a working hypothesis about where they contribute most. It is easy to default into cascade mode — passing on information, and declaring priorities, insights, and expectations — and miss the opportunity to build the commitment and ownership the organization and the strategy require. But if you truly believe that your people are your greatest resource, taking a chartering approach so they can be their best is among the most important work you can do.