Link to the larger picture
How to give perspective
Every small activity you do in business needs to be linked to the larger picture.
For example, I read in a book recently, that a loss making company was turned into a huge profit making one because of a lot of small but deliberate fixes. One small thing they highlighted was that every employee, even illiterate ones, were taught how to read the profit and loss statement. Each one of them knew what impact every discount they got from vendors had on the bottom line.
Like this there are many things, but of these, there are few fundamentals that you should link to the bigger picture. It need not be numbers. Personal drive or ambition are good ones to align with the organization's goals and strategy.
The main thing is that individuals should know how every step they take effects the bigger picture.
This gives them a feeling of being part of the game, while ensuring they go in correct direction on their own.
Doing this gives them context and understanding and at the same time it gives you a very powerful way to guide or filter them.