Our goalposts have shifted five times in the last three months because of leadership priorities. The team is frustrated, and honestly so am I. I'm trying to remain positive but is there a point where we do an intervention to address this insanity and how it affects morale? What would y'all do?

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Play the game. The goalposts keep shifting because your team is either performing a very, very well, or very poorly. I assume you mean that your team is doing very well, that once you accomplish one goal, the goal posts get set even further, requiring your team to push harder and do more. Or the goalposts could be shifted in a completely new direction…

Either way, be strategic and deliver something, but perhaps not everything that is being asked of you and your team. Be even more strategic when you communicate anything of this nature to your team, as it may become gossip. However, this is a great opportunity for you to become a leader to your team and not just a manager.

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Happens a lot to me, actually. Fine to be frustrated. I’d just keep reminding that it’s a system. MVP / delivery has to choose bn what can be delivered by when at what cost / driving what value. As long as those trade-offs are considered (eg want more to be included in. The release and are willing to wait the time), its job security.

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