The Leader Never Delegates Actual Authority.
When the leader takes on unnecessary assignments, or gets in the weeds of details, the leader is overburdened and the team is underutilized. Both suffer in the long-term. Effective delegation isn’t giving people tasks. It’s giving people the oversight of real responsibility. It’s empowering people to think like owners.
Potential Leaders Aren’t Developed—They Are Controlled.
Leaders are built through a recruit, invest and release process. Consider how Jesus led. He recruited the disciples, invested in them and then sent them out to do the work. When people are controlled they never develop. And they learn to resent the leader.
The Leader Receives All the Recognition.
People aren’t willing to risk everything for someone else to receive all the praise. The best teams aren’t doing what they do for individual credit, but everyone likes to feel appreciated for what they contributed to the team.
Leaders, ask yourself this question: In what ways am I being a bottleneck to my team?
If you aren’t certain, perhaps you should ask your team—even if you have to do so anonymously.
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