The Hero Trap: The Leader's Shift from Doing to Designing

Great leaders create teams and companies that don't need great leaders.

That idea might stop you cold. Good.

Exhausted. Overwhelmed. You're the hero of your organization . . . and its biggest bottleneck. Every decision waits for your approval. Every problem lands on your desk. The harder you work, the more your team needs you. The behaviors that made you successful—solving problems fast, always being available, leading from the front—have become your organization's ceiling. Your competence be...