Jason M. Lemkin says leaders should talk less in meetings and let their team speak more. Give people room to make mistakes, correct only the facts that matter, and step back so they learn and show what they know about the business.
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They should be talking more. Let them talk. Hold your tongue. Let them make mistakes. Even let— don't let them say something that's just completely wrong. That will happen. Then kindly say, hey, Jason, good point, but actually we didn't actually close that much revenue last month. It's okay. Like if they say something truly wrong, gently, gently correct them. But otherwise, let them go. Even give them rope. Let them happen. Everyone's trying to learn from your team what's going on at the company. It's true at company meetings. It's true at board meetings. So at least try to talk less than half the time at board and company meetings.