The quality of a leader appears in what happens when they are absent.

LEADERSHIP

WHAT THIS MEANS

Anything that only works while you are watching is not a system, it is your attention. The real test of leadership is what happens on the week you are unavailable, because that shows what was built rather than what was supervised. Presence can hide a great deal of fragility.

Step back deliberately from something for a short period and see what holds. Whatever breaks is a design problem worth fixing, and finding it on purpose is much cheaper than finding it by accident.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What happens to your team during the weeks you are away?

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