“In leadership, you can have control or you can have growth. But you can’t have both.”
– Craig Groeschel
Leaders who feel the need to personally involve themselves in the minutia of the team’s operation rarely call themselves a “control freak,” but without realizing it, their need to control is impeding the very results they want so desperately to see.
Effective leaders know that to maximize growth, it requires being willing to give up a measure of control.
Any leader can succumb to the urge to be a bit of a control freak. But you can overcome this temptation by shifting your focus beyond control and on to these empowering dynamics:
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