Why leaders should not be doing the work of their teams

Leadership 2.0

English - December 14, 2021 12:00 - 7 minutes - 5.51 MB
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For a variety of reasons, a number of line managers frequently want to do the work of their direct reports. However tempting this might be, doing the work of your team is rarely a good idea, neither for you as a line manager, nor for your team.

In the world of professional soccer, you are either a coach, coaching your team from the side, or you are a player in the field. As a soccer coach, you cannot occasionally enter the field during a match, start playing with your team, leave the field again, and, a little later, reenter the field to play again.

And for good reasons...