Ask Coach: How Do I Empower My Team To Solve Problems? (Part 4)

By Rich Anderson, executive coach with HTG Peer Groups

Q: How do I empower my team to make decisions on their own, look at the whole picture of the problem, and bring it to resolution?

Coach:  In this series of posts, I presented three different perspectives to answer this question from one of my clients, a small business owner just like you. I called him Competent Eddie the Owner, or C.E.O. for short. I used three American T.V. icons to try to illustrate my points.   

• Icon 1: Don’t Be Mighty Mouse

You might also title this: “What Have I Done to Erode Independent Decisions and Actions?”

Are you “swooping” in to “save the day” like Mighty Mouse unintentionally undermining your team and their independence? 

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