Are you unintentionally holding your team back?
In this video, leadership coach Ben Morton explains how well‑meaning managers often unintentionally impede their team’s growth. He illustrates the point with a personal story about a colleague named Doug, noting that by not giving Doug an immediate opportunity to take on a task, the manager slowed Doug’s development. Morton argues that early delegation and allowing team members to tackle challenges—even if it’s less efficient for the leader—accelerates learning and confidence. He outlines a pattern where leaders, aiming for speed or leveraging past experience, step in to solve problems for their reports, thereby holding them back. The video offers concrete examples of this behavior and encourages managers to recognize and change these habits to foster faster, more autonomous growth in their teams.
