Room for others to carry the work

Career · Little Light original

There is a particular moment in leadership when someone brings you work that is good in a way you would never have imagined. They have taken a different route. Not every detail is yours. For a second, pride and the discomfort of being less necessary can arrive together. You worked hard to become the person with answers. It can take time to discover the satisfaction of helping other people find their own. The context you shared, the question you made room for, the responsibility you trusted them with: those things have become part of what they can now do. Your contribution is still there, even when your hand is no longer visible in every decision. Let yourself be proud of a team that can surprise you. There is room in a meaningful ambition for other people to become capable, and for their confidence to be part of what you helped build.

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