Why freeing people from wasteful work is the real path to increased margin!
Every company runs on energy, the daily effort people give to move work forward. When that energy is spent on wasteful tasks, it turns into frustration. Frustration seeps into decisions, delays, and results until the cost lands on the CEO’s desk.
The final action in the depressing cycle is for the CEO is pay the invoice for the downward spiral.
From frustration to flow!
In every organization, waste starts quietly. Duplicate effort, missing information, unclear ownership.
Each instance may feel small and isolated, but together they form an emotional drag that slows the system. Frustration builds, and the same energy produces less margin.
The cure? Clarity: a system that lets work move without constant management.
What a leader must do
When leaders remove waste, they do more than improve efficiency.
They protect margin and motivation at the same time.
A CEO who frees people from wasteful work also frees themselves from firefighting.
This is the modern leadership obligation — to make freedom operational.
Break the cycle and go FROM Non-value work → Frustration → Lost margin.
TO Remove waste → Restore flow → Grow margin.
It’s not a theory; it’s how performance behaves.
Waste is clearly identifiable as lost revenue. What isn’t and cannot be identified is the emotional load of the workforce. The thing that nobody ever works on because it cannot be measured. Perhaps retrospectively in workforce churn or burn out cases. By then it’s too late
Design your margin engine
Use the numbers to reduce waste and serve the workforce with the unmeasurable -> Reduction of emotional load!
Your new To Do List: Discover where work stalls – Listen for frustration in meetings. -Track the cost of delay and rework.- Review progress weekly.
When waste leaves, freedom from wasteful tasks exists and margin will increase.
Why does this matter?
Waste is the leading indicator of improving margin. Freedom is the unmeasurable outcome for the workforce. The one thing that a leader must provide. When people can do meaningful work, quality improves, speed increases, and profit follows naturally.
That is how a company begins to scale — not by pushing harder, but by removing what holds people back. Let the workforce perform and enjoy their life by contributing.
What comes next?
Break the cycle of wasteful work – reduce frustration – create freedom to contribute – reap the benefits of growth.
Are you interested in how to do this?
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