Trust over Control

You can’t do everything yourself. And you shouldn’t try.

Trust your team, delegate aggressively, and let people own their work. Micromanagement might feel safe, but it kills initiative and drives away your best people. Your job is to provide context and remove obstacles — not to approve every decision.

What This Means in Practice

• Give context, not instructions
• Delegate outcomes, not tasks
• Let people fail (within safe bounds) — that’s how they grow
• Trust by default, verify when needed

Common Traps

• Reviewing every decision before it’s made
• Giving step-by-step instructions for everything
• Feeling anxious when you’re not in every meeting
• Redoing work instead of coaching

Remember

Give great people context. Then get out of their way.