Responsibility - Authority = Failure

This is a nice management insight from Mark Cuban:

If you hold someone responsible for some thing, but don’t give them the authority to do that thing, you’re setting them up for failure. 

This is something I personally struggle with too — letting go of control is hard, especially when the stakes are high. 

But this is a muscle that needs to be exercised. 

Rather than withholding authority, try other methods to find comfort:

- Give clearer instructions 

- Hold more frequent check-ins 

- Build the feedback muscle (ability to give clear, honest and timely feedback)

- Build room / space for more failure, as a price for developing talent