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# Own it, fix it, move on.

A short framework for leaders who need to tell whether a process is failing because it's broken or because the business has outgrown it.

- A three-question audit on whether a process still serves the business
- Three actions for this week, including how to own a mistake and move on
- A quick-reference page you can pin up

## Get the free guide

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## What's inside

### Worked before isn't the same as works now

Why a process that once delivered results isn't automatically still the right one, plus the advice Puchalski got from her first boss.

### The habits behind it

The harder question to ask honestly, and why communication is the most underrated leadership skill.

### Is this process still serving the business?

Three questions to test a process against current needs and check how you handle mistakes.

### This week

Three concrete actions, a stop-doing habit, and a quick-reference page to keep the audit in front of your team.

[Get the guide](https://coaching.velocityadvisorygroup.com/leadership-library/process-vs-need-audit#get-it)

## Results and feedback from Velocity's leadership work

**30% to 8%**employee turnover in one yearBiopharmaceutical company

**+126%**strategic alignment liftBiopharmaceutical company

**95%**retention rate in a construction leadership programVelocity client

> “Now associates understand themselves better, and leaders have new tools to support their teams.”

Chief People and Culture Officer, healthcare products distributor

> “Velocity challenged our team and brought us together in ways that have paid immediate dividends.”

Managing Partner, accounting and advisory firm

## Why outdated processes stick around

A process that used to work rarely announces when it stops fitting the business.

### The Easy Default

Relying on what worked before is comfortable, and it can quietly get in the way of the company's growth.

### The Wrong Question

Teams ask whether a process is broken instead of whether it still matches what the business needs today.

### Dwelling on Mistakes

When leaders replay a misstep instead of owning it and fixing it, the whole team is slower to recover.

## From audit to action

Asking what the business needs now is simple to say and hard to practice consistently.

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### AUDIT

Pick one long-standing process and ask honestly whether it serves today's needs or only the needs it was built for.

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### COMMUNICATE

When a process changes, keep people in the loop and say it more times than feels necessary.

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### COACH

Velocity's executive coaching and team workshops help leadership teams build the habit of questioning defaults and recovering quickly from mistakes.

**In Cindy Puchalski's words:** "Relying on processes that have worked before versus what the business needs now, it can be an easy default that's not necessarily helpful to the company's growth."

### Who this is for

- Leaders of growing organizations
- Operations and process owners
- Executives navigating organizational change
- Managers who want their teams to recover faster from mistakes

## Build processes for the business you have now

Download the guide, then talk with us about aligning your leadership team on what the business needs next.

[Get the guide](https://coaching.velocityadvisorygroup.com/leadership-library/process-vs-need-audit#get-it)

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