From the course: Leading Effectively
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Do the work
- Doing activities require you to help your team do their work. You should make decisions, motivate them and help them overcome obstacles. Here are some thoughts on how to help your team do their work. In terms of deciding, you should be making decisions that are beyond their authority. You should be reviewing their plans and pressure-testing the decisions they make. Deciding should not be making decisions that are within their authority. You shouldn't be making their plans for them and it's definitely not about them offloading accountability for decisions to you. Motivating should be occasional. It should be about helping your team overcome new challenges. You should be setting aspirations for them. Motivating should not be every day. You shouldn't have to motivate them in terms of routine activities and motivating definitely is not about invoking fear. Clearing activities are helping them deal with issues above their level. You're going to help them overcome new or tough barriers…
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