Hey Friend
Do you have a team of individuals who are overly-reliant on you?
Are you, in turn, succumbing to their needs and feeding the problem (that you probably created in the beginning)?
If your people are too dependent on you then it's time to focus on building capability...
Building capability across your team is a long-game. It doesn't happen quickly, it takes time and investment, from you, as their leader. It isn't a one-off action but more of a rhythm or a practice that is constant and ongoing.
It involves you seeing every interaction as an opportunity to teach rather than tell. It involves you pausing to let your people do the thinking, organising and solving rather than stepping in and taking over.
So much of a leaders time is spent giving answers, solving problems, fixing mistakes...but that's not really your job!
Your job, as a dynamic leader is to teach your people how to find their own answers, solve their own problems and fix their own mistakes - with your support and guidance where required.
Your job is to ask better questions and get them thinking for themselves, rather than depending on you to do it!
Do your job - be dynamic!
And stay awesome!
S.😁
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