When a leader becomes the bottleneck of decision making, it’s bad news for the team …
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You're in a meeting with your team.
Taylor asks:“So what should we do about it?” Suddenly, all eyes are on you.
Taylor asks:You're in a crucial phase of the project.
Taylor asks:The team is proud as hell of the first prototype.
Taylor asks:But there are still a lot of things to sort out and quite
Taylor asks:a few ideas down the road.
Taylor asks:Taylor's issue is a particularly tricky one . It's affected by a lot
Taylor asks:of parameters and in turn affects most of the other team members.
Taylor asks:You're the leader and you're faced with a difficult decision.
Taylor asks:There are so many things to consider, so many options to choose
Taylor asks:from, so many paths to follow.
Taylor asks:But which one should you choose?
Taylor asks:It gets worse.
Taylor asks:Because this is just for Taylor's part.
Taylor asks:Martin has basically the same question.
Taylor asks:Sarah as well.
Taylor asks:Alex and Kim, too.
Taylor asks:This is when you realize you've made yourself the bottleneck of your team.
Taylor asks:By overseeing every decision so that the project remains focused on
Taylor asks:your common goal, you've basically overwhelmed yourself with decisions,
Taylor asks:slowed down the team and resolved, and made yourself the root of
Taylor asks:quite some frustration in the team.
Taylor asks:This is why it's so important to adopt a lighting the path approach as a leader.
Taylor asks:When everyone walks along the same path in the same direction and knows why we're
Taylor asks:going there as a team, you can trust your team with making the right decisions.
Taylor asks:For this to work, it's often much more useful to ask them
Taylor asks:the right questions rather than pretend to have all the answers.