Levels of freedom

- The Inspirational Leader takes risks … in order to get people to a point … where they can delegate to them. … Because initially, people aren't ready to be delegated to. … And it can be a little bit risky to get them there … but you have to go through that process. … You have to be brave enough to trust them. … But of course, you can always monitor what they're doing, … so if you give somebody a job and you monitor them enough, … it's not that risky. … So, the game is to push them up the freedom ladder. … And here's a picture of the freedom ladder. … And you'll see, … there are five steps we're going to go up. … And the first step, the bottom rung of the freedom ladder … is wait until told. … So it's just people just sit there … and you tell them to do stuff and after they've done it, … they just stop again, and that's that. … Not really great to have people there. … The next level up is where they start to ask what next. … Now why would they do that? … Why would they say, "What do you want me to do next?" …