INSIGHTS FOR GROWTH

He went on vacation for two weeks. His team handled 90%. The 10% they couldn’t? That was the most useful data he’d gotten in months.

Here’s a simple diagnostic for your leadership: take two weeks completely off. What breaks? That’s not a badge of honor. That’s a gap.

Leaders love to say “my door is always open.” But an always-open door can create a line, not a team.

You know what happens when you use GPS every day? You follow the blue line but never learn the route. That’s what happens when leaders jump in to fix everything.

Her open door had become an open funnel. Every decision flowed through her — not because her team was incapable, but because she’d trained them that her door was faster than figuring it out themselves.