Stop Solving Your Team’s Problems for Them

Stop Solving Your Team’s Problems for Them

Many leaders today are struggling to balance the aspiration of being supportive with the reality of feeling overwhelmed by their own to-do list. But when a well-meaning leader becomes the default problem-solver, the entire organization pays the price. This dynamic creates decision-making bottlenecks, diminishes team ownership, and accelerates managerial burnout. When an employee brings you a problem, asking one of the following five questions ca…