So, Here's My Story...

A simple holiday trip to Grandma’s house teaches us a lot about delegating and the balance between micromanaging and full autonomy in this episode. Why is that important for business?   There are two traps at either end of managing people and delegating responsibility that can both be problematic: 1. Not making space for the story of them to evolve and micromanaging them, or; 2. Giving them full autonomy, perhaps before they are ready or developed for that responsibility.   So how do navigate this fine line? Often, a great first place to look are at the stakes of the project. Look for low and medium stakes issues to delegate – areas that you can leave room for some autonomy, and even some failure, because they can be repaired or fixed if a problem occurs.  Like in parenting, if you want your team to be able to handle disappointment or frustration, you have to let them be disappointed or frustrated. If you want to delegate, you must first let people have low stakes failures and allow them to develop. You have