Help with problems not with solutions

Are you leading an agile team?

One of my big (and hard) learnings has been that one of the key ingredients to a high performance team is how the leadership delegates responsibility.

I have found that helping people identify problems, and brainstorming with them (rather than for them) creates a great enabled team. It also creates a great relationship.

I have found that leadership for me, means letting the people I work for (my team) do what they think is best. They make great decisions. Any mistakes they make, they recover from. I like to help with advice, if they ask for it.

Here's a great article from the globe and mail on the subject: (sorry, you'll have to purchase it)
Caution: thinking encouraged here