Interventions
As a team leader, the thing I like about myself the least is I tend to do everything with my own hands. Because I *think* I can do better. Or faster. Or both. And it is really really hard for me to let the team be responsible for a task. Yes, passing the responsibility down to the team and other leaders is probably the hardest thing when growing a company. Because very often it simply does not work. Responsibility is somewhere in the genes. Some have it, some don't. Regardless how hard you work with them and how many times they acknowledge you, they repeat their irresponsible approach over and over. Situations when I'm really both furious and hopeless are when somebody just passes a problem up to me: "I failed. Sorry". Don't. Ever! First, it's great you've realized you failed. But instead of being sorry just do something about it. Fight! In business it is not about absolution. It is about getting things done and learning from mistakes. But sometimes it...