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Podcast: People Are the Worst
Episode: You Trained Your Team to Depend on You…Now What?
Description: What do you do when a team member comes to you with questions all day long?In this mini episode of People Are the Worst, Lindsey and Lucy unpack a frustrating but surprisingly common leadership challenge: employees who rely on their manager for every decision.Leaders often accidentally train this behavior. Every time a manager immediately answers a question, they reinforce the pattern. Over time, the employee learns that the fastest path forward is simply asking their manager instead of thinking through the problem themselves.The solution is shifting from directing to coaching.<...