Dear Leader: There is a Time to Support and a Time to Challenge

Dear Leader, there is a time to step in and support and there is a time to step back and challenge.

I love helping the team. I love hearing the problems they’re up against, brainstorming solutions, getting my hands dirty to help out, and implementing improvements where I can. And in some cases, this is the right way to lead.

However, I’ve learned over the years (sometimes the hard way) that there are also situations where the team is better served when I step back and allow them to own the…