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CTL-IX-0082

“I led my team by holding back and trusting them, and it worked better than control ever did.”

CTL · Pillar III — Control CTL-IX · Trust the Bounds.

You used to drive everything by force — checking, pushing, gripping. You loosened the grip and gave the work room, and the team rose to meet the space you left. Trusting the bounds of your own role as a leader means governing yourself first and letting capable people do what they're capable of.

Your Practice

  1. Name one thing you stopped controlling and handed to the team.
  2. Resist the reflex to check it constantly.
  3. Govern your own impatience instead of their every move.
  4. Let the results of their ownership show you it's working.

The Architects

“Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.”

— Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Book II, ch. 17 'Of Presumption'

More under CTL-IX

CTL-IX-0001“Everything feels chaotic and out of control.”CTL-IX-0002“My marriage is falling apart and I don't know how to save it.”CTL-IX-0003“I set a boundary and the right people respected it.”CTL-IX-0004“I'm learning to sit with discomfort instead of running from it.”CTL-IX-0005“I found clarity by simplifying my life.”CTL-IX-0006“I've been saying yes to everything and I'm burned out.”
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