ANTIPATTERN: BOSS WON'T GIVE POWER
PROBLEM
You're a boss who is afraid that a team will go the wrong way if team members make more decisions.
SUPPOSED SOLUTION
You're in control of teams reporting to you. Don't support ideas or practices that may interrupt your control. Your business is not a democracy.
ACTUAL SOLUTION
Insist that team members grow up. Your true role is to encourage them to reach their fullest possible potential. Parents are not required at the mature workplace.
If you're a boss, don't worry that you're “giving away” your power by supporting or participating in Decider. Using Decider, team members explicitly exploit only the power that has been heretofore subterranean, perplexing them and preventing them from operating ...
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