11/24/2025

Coach Your Team - Don't Carry Them

This shift is one of the most important moves a leader can make

If your team cannot function without you in the room, you do not have a team; you have a dependency. Too many business owners confuse supporting their team with carrying them. Instead of learning how to coach team members, they do the work for them. They jump into every problem, solve every issue and answer every question themselves. It feels like good leadership, but it’s actually just bottlenecking in disguise.

The goal of leadership isn't to be the smartest person in the room. Instead, it's to build a room full of people who can think, solve and act without you. That shift, from problem-solver to coach, is one of the most important moves a business owner can make. It's also the only way to scale without burning out.

Here’s how to make it.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Fast Company.