#62 You shouldn’t protect your team
The Leadership Myth That’s Burning Out Your Team Read time: 4 minutes TL;DR: If you’re constantly protecting your team from work challenges, you might be creating weakness instead of strength. Strong teams don’t need shields – they need strategic clarity and the freedom to manage themselves. The real problem isn’t the workload; it’s the lack of accountability and poor expectation management that creates a culture of learned helplessness. The Protection Trap Last week, I got a call from a VP…