The recurring issue faced by Cloud Kicks involves a power imbalance and frequent re-prioritization by the VP of Athleisure, which disrupts project management meetings and limits time for other priorities. Establishing a monthly executive steering committee can address these issues effectively.
Here's why this is the best approach:
Balanced Oversight and Governance: An executive steering committee brings together key decision-makers to review priorities, manage budget allocations, and ensure all business lines are fairly represented in development planning. This provides a formal structure to manage competing interests.
Equitable Development Allocation: By involving multiple executives, the steering committee can objectively assess and allocate resources among business lines, helping to prevent one group from overshadowing others.
This will help maintain balanced focus and avoid over-prioritizing certain projects.
Strategic Decision-Making: With a recurring monthly meeting, the committee can focus on big-picture decisions, reducing the likelihood of frequent, ad hoc project adjustments that derail meetings and detract from strategic discussions.
Option A (weekly all-hands call) may be too frequent and is not ideal for executive decision-making. Option C (dividing the development team) could lead to resource inefficiencies and reduce flexibility. The steering committee approach is a standard Salesforce-recommended best practice for managing cross-functional priorities and balancing strategic initiatives. For more on governance best practices, refer to Salesforce's guide on Governance Frameworks.