"The tail wagging the dog"
Say this instead: a minor factor driving the whole thing
How "The tail wagging the dog" shows up at work
Executives deploy this one when a lower-ranked team, metric, or process is steering strategy in a direction they dislike. It sounds diagnostic but mostly signals that someone is annoyed the wrong people have too much say.
We can't let compliance concerns become the tail wagging the dog on this product launch.
We can't let compliance concerns drive all the decisions on this product launch.
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