Greg Stevenson thought good leadership meant answering every question his team asked. He learned that giving answers kills thinking and creates dependency. Now he responds with a question instead, lets silence sit, and watches the team solve it themselves.
Early in my career, I thought my job as a leader was to answer every question in the room. I was fast, I was across the detail, and I was pretty proud of it. It nearly cost me because a team that brings every question to you stops thinking. You train them to wait for you to give the answer. The shift that changed everything was answering a question with a better question and holding the silence while they worked out the answer. A truth a team discovers beats a truth a leader announces every time. Subscribe to this channel if you lead at this level.
