Leadership often confuses being needed with being effective - the more people depend on you, the more essential you appear to be. In this episode of The Box of Keys, I explore the moment I was pulled away from a programme I had built and loved, and discovered that stepping back wasn't enough ... I had to actually let go. You'll hear why staying on as a silent fallback keeps a team small, how making your best people the ones others turn to unlocks their confidence, and what happens when they start making choices you wouldn't have made. A short reflection on the discomfort of releasing control ... and why true leadership is proven not by how much people depend on you, but by how much they no longer need to.
Leadership often confuses being needed with being effective - the more people depend on you, the more essential you appear to be.
In this episode of The Box of Keys, I explore the moment I was pulled away from a programme I had built and loved, and discovered that stepping back wasn't enough ... I had to actually let go.
You'll hear why staying on as a silent fallback keeps a team small, how making your best people the ones others turn to unlocks their confidence, and what happens when they start making choices you wouldn't have made.
A short reflection on the discomfort of releasing control ... and why true leadership is proven not by how much people depend on you, but by how much they no longer need to.