Are you doing your sales person’s job? Many managers fall into the trap of doing what the org hires other people to do.

 

They often end up not doing what the org pays them to do. Does that make sense?

 

3 Questions for you:

 

Why are you doing it?

What is it costing you?

What should you be doing instead?

 

There are no rewards for taking over when someone gets stuck.

 

If they don’t learn how to get themselves unstuck, they will never learn.

 

There is clear benefit to you and your team to let them suffer from their own shortcomings and getting them to a point where they can recognise the consequence of mistakes.

 

What you need to think about is being selfishly productive.

 

You want the economy of autonomy.

 

When your people are autonomous, they are more likely to think for themselves.