Eric Siu explains why "hire people and get out of their way" is bad advice. Real delegation means staying accountable and supporting your team, not abandoning them. Several leaders who pushed this approach have since faced company troubles and CEO exits.
And you read on Twitter, yeah, hire people, been there, done that, and get out of their way. No, doesn't work like that. The delegation is when you hand something off to someone, but you're still holding them accountable and you're still helping them where they need it. You still have your eyes on it. Abdication is you're handing it off and you're going off to do something else. So for me, doing something else wasn't like I was going to go like party or anything. It was more so like I was just going to work on software and other things. Again, too many things. And you read on Twitter, yeah, hire people, been there, done that, and get out of their way. No, doesn't work like that. They like to think it works like that, but Now, the people that have been tweeting that from 4 years ago, the chickens have come to roost and their companies are not doing well. And a lot of those CEOs have quit.
