It’s impossible to have all the answers for anything you might encounter, yet many leaders feel they need to do just that. Assuming you as the leader have to provide all the answers is limiting - it hinders your growth and it suppresses input and expertise from the people you lead.

The enabling principle Getting to Right is More Important Than Being Right provides guidance on how to navigate this challenge. Instead of centering yourself and your ego, this principle guides us to center discussions around the outcomes we need to reach. In doing so, you shift your focus from having all the answers to asking the right questions. 

This approach is essential to problem resolution as it helps create space for the people you lead to bring their own expertise to the solution rather than just being told what to do. This creates excitement, energy, and ownership.

Look for times when you’ve held yourself back from engaging because you don’t have answers and think what questions you could have asked to get to a better spot.
Think about how to apply that in the future. If you find yourself pushing answers out and telling people what to do…hold back, ask questions, and guide them.