{"id":7823,"date":"2021-06-14T07:36:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T13:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englandlogistics.com\/?p=7823"},"modified":"2021-10-15T10:32:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T16:32:23","slug":"stay-in-your-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englandlogistics.com\/stay-in-your-lane\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay in your Lane: Good or Bad Advice?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Staying in your lane\u2019 is an interesting ideal in a contemporary, corporate setting. Nowadays, collaboration is held in such high-esteem that businesses will invest millions in training, installing, and implementing workplace collaboration software. That hardly sounds like \u2018staying in your lane.\u2019<\/p>\n

But then again, imagine if responsibility was shared among the entire company: No individual duties, just one large goal. How would the organization be accountable? Who would act on what? This ideal is just as ineffective.<\/p>\n

Of course, both of these models are radicalizations, but the contrast begs an important question: To what degree is \u2018staying in your lane\u2019 beneficial?<\/p>\n

Perhaps an analogy tracing back to origin of the phrase, \u2018stay in your lane\u2019 would be helpful.<\/p>\n

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Corporate Life is a Highway<\/u><\/span><\/h5>\n

Imagine you\u2019re driving on a highway right before rush hour. Traffic is flowing, but heavy. Heeding the advice you\u2019ve received so many times before, you \u2018stay in your lane\u2019 and keep your focus riveted on the road before you. In fact, your focus is so <\/em>riveted that you neglect to identify the driver veering out of their lane, and into yours.<\/p>\n

Obviously, this scenario ends in a disaster.<\/p>\n

Adversely, what if every driver on a highway oscillated the road with no regard to their lane? It\u2019s not difficult to imagine the carnage that would quickly ensue.<\/p>\n

Ideal road conditions are intuitive: why shouldn\u2019t work conditions be?<\/p>\n

Like a good driver, your priority focus should always be on what\u2019s in front of you, but never stop watching out for your peers.<\/p>\n

To demonstrate this principle in action, here are a few \u2018dos and don\u2019ts\u2019 for staying in your lane.<\/p>\n

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