When it comes to enabling leaders in my team, I think sometimes things can get a little over complicated.
Ultimately to fully empower and enable them, it’s essential to stick to managing the outcome and not the method. For me this comes through a pretty simplistic a repeatable frame in the form of 2 statements and 1 question. An uncomplicated, decomplexifying of things.
Statement 1: The Vision. What is that we need to achieve… the 10,000 foot view of what our success looks when completed.
Statement 2: The Reason: Why do we need to achieve what we need to achieve. What is the overall context, specific and nuanced.
Question 1: Play Support: What do you need from me?
Playing support is the key. There will be times where we could spoon feed the answers, give the hints or take control, but that’s a big mistake in my mind (for so many reasons) in most cases. By setting the vision, explaining the reasons and asking how I can help… means my team is able to pickup the ball and run with it, which is something that is essential if I am not on the playing field.
Thoughts on a Thing 