How Walking Away Can Help Your Employees Build Resilience

When your business experiences hardship, your instinct to get overly involved might do more harm than good. Use these three strategies to learn how to let go and empower your team in your absence:

1. Instill a “come hell or high water” mindset.

Great leaders consider all the possibilities that could undermine their efforts. Give your employees the confidence to succeed in your absence by documenting core processes and automating as many tasks as possible.

2. Train your team to think independently.

When you consistently solve your team’s problems for them, you train your team to depend on you. Stop being the hero. Instead, encourage employees to find their own solutions or brainstorm together.

3. Provide your organization with a clear vision and action plan.

The EOS® Vision/Traction Organizer™ is a simple two-page business plan to keep everyone aligned with a clear vision and actionable steps. Another way to provide organizational clarity is with an Accountability Chart™ that outlines the structure and expectations of every employee role.

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