Latest / Beyond Leadership - Adopting a Coaching Mindset
#08 - Letting Managers Fail So Leadership Can Actually Develop
My guest today is Jens Birk - attorney, MBA, and former director at a large Danish IT company - and this conversation got real fast.
Jens walks us through the moment he stepped into a role overseeing 100 employees and seven business lines, and made a deliberate choice to let go of control. Not because it felt comfortable, but because he recognized that holding on would make him the bottleneck - and quietly stunt the growth of everyone around him.
We talk about what it actually looks like to delegate meaningfully, how to know when to stay quiet and let someone find their own answer, and when…
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