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Don't solve your team's problems

  • Patrik Hellstrand

Patrik Hellstrand

27 Sep 2018
Don't solve your team's problems

Your leadership success cannot be measured by how many problems you solve. Instead, your role is to build a team that solves problems.

Anytime you become the hero by solving a problem, you risk teaching your team that without you, the situation is helpless.


Inspired by: Harvard Business Review - When to Solve Your Team’s Problems, and When to Let Them Sort It Out, by Joseph Grenny

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