Now more than ever leaders need to embrace this idea1. Decentralised and flexible working prevents the close and constant contact you might have had prior to the enforced home working.
Greater autonomy and decentralised decision making authority has been a recurring theme of my writing and is an outcome, I believe, we could all embrace more.
It is no longer an option, it is a necessity.
If your people are lacking in sufficient delegations and asking permission your business is going to grind to a snail’s pace and opportunities will be lost.
Demand bold decision making and autonomy from your people. Similarly maybe it is time, if you are a team member, to start making those decisions and if necessary begging forgiveness after the fact.
Its easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission
Navy colloquialism
Its time to get uncomfortable fast1 and drive that autonomy.
That is all
Dickie
1 Chris Fussell Navy Seal and President McCrystal Group.
