How to avoid making yourself the bottleneck of decision making in your team.

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So, what should we do about it?

Martin asks and looks firmly at you.

Suddenly all eyes are on you.

Because it's a crucial phase of the project.

The team is proud of the first prototype that they've built.

But there are still a lot of things to sort out and quite a few ideas down

the road that want to get implemented.

Martins issue is a particularly tricky one.

It's affected by a lot of parameters and in turn affects

most of the other team members.

You are the leader.

And you're faced with a difficult decision.

There are so many things to consider here.

So many options to choose from.

So many paths to follow.

But which one should you choose?

It gets worse because this is just for Martin's part.

Lisa has basically the same question just for her domain.

Sarah as well.

Taylor and Kim too.

This is when you realize you've made yourself the bottleneck of your team.

By overseeing every decision so that the project remains focused on your

common goal you've basically overwhelmed yourself with decisions, slowed down

the team, and made yourself the root of quite some frustration in the team.

This is why it's so important to light the path as a leader.

When everyone walks along the same path in the same direction towards the

same destination, you can trust your team with making the right decisions.

For this to work, it's much more useful to ask them the right questions rather

than pretending to have all the answers.

Light them the path, but trust them to know how to walk the path!