Teams come in 2 sizes, lean versus volume. Former focuses on mission execution and the later focuses on strategic formation.
Recently, I traded 1 headcount in exchange of removing video production from the responsibility. The team becomes leaner and easier to focus on go-to-market planning, asset creation, and channel enablement. It made sense since video production is resource intensive.
It has, however, got me thinking if I naturally opted for a leaner team that dedicates on critical mission execution. It would eventually lead to a different career path since no Secretary of Defense ever came from a special operation role. Major management role requires overall strategic formation.
A leaner team also creates more personal relationships from the accomplishment of execution. This attachment could be contradicting in strategic planning; decision of sacrifice or letting go is more difficult.