There is a leadership lesson about learning to delegate. It’s a good one. About how you need to “let go of the vine” and give other people a chance to grow. People only need to be about 80% as proficient as you and you need to let it go.
I agree with that. Or something like it. I’ve benefited a lot from learning to delegate more at work.
But I’ve learned a different lesson this week. In my caution to not overstep, I let a few people do a lot of work and wasted a lot of conversations and energy on something that ultimately took me fifteen minutes to do and was what we needed. So . . . hold onto the vine?
Or rather, trust in my own vision and skill more and understand when it’s better to confidently (not aggressively) step in when people are floundering.
With Love,
Natalie