Leadership
Why Good Leaders Get Stuck Doing the Wrong Work
Leaders often struggle because they’re doing work that someone else should be doing.
September 21, 2026
Leaders often struggle because they’re doing work that someone else should be doing.
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Managers play a critical role in whether or not development sticks.
There is a cognitive and organisational cost to overloading leaders with micro-decisions.
The clarity that enables good performance also makes gaps visible, and not everyone wants that.
Leadership is its own set of skills, not just natural common sense. You need a shared framework and toolkit in place to make it work.
Excessive escalation is feedback that something isn’t working.