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Wendy Scott's avatar

Great article.

Not overseeing a team is rather lazy, after all, a leader is paid to lead!

I'm all for empowerment, but there is a limit.

Jeff Matlow's avatar

Thanks for the comment Wendy.

You wouldn’t believe how many leaders I work with who say their leadership style is to let other people do their job. And then they tell me they don’t understand why nobody is accountable.

Wendy Scott's avatar

I ran engagement surveys for an organization for over 11 years so managers saying it's not their job to coach, train, motivate or monitor their teams isn't new to me, lol!

William Meller's avatar

Very nice reading, thanks for sharing this!

Jeff Matlow's avatar

Thank you so much for reading it and commenting!

Allison Stadd 🥁's avatar

Such an important distinction. And love the historical example!

Jeff Matlow's avatar

So glad you liked it. Thanks for commenting!!

Edge Leadership Solutions's avatar

Leaders can often confuse stepping back with delegating, and the team feels the difference immediately even it is not explicit called out.

Real delegation still has a feedback loop attached, someone checking in on where you’re stuck before you’ve fully admitted you’re stuck.

Strip that out and what’s left isn’t empowerment, it’s just more distance with a different name.