You’re An
Interventionist
LOVES TO ALWAYS BE IN THE LOOP.
About the Interventionist:
This is your company, and no one can run it like you. Because of that, you don’t trust anyone to run any project as you would. Rather than feeling surrounded by a team of capable contributors, the Interventionist sees even their brightest leaders as “doers” in need of specific direction and constant supervision.
What You See:
You override decisions made by department heads.
Your team expresses frustration over your involvement, but you insist it’s necessary.
Company morale lacks motivation, as your team does not believe they can make a meaningful contribution.
How you got here:
We built this city! We built this city on you! Everything stems from you: your ideas, your plans, the sale, the execution. What you have built is largely reliant on your participation. You may have tried delegation in the past, and it failed. To protect yourself from error, you developed a cocooning tendency. Because you’ve never devoted the time to provide the necessary clarity for successful delegation, you don’t trust anyone to do anything as well as you could.
Your Playbook:
First steps:
Find your support solution.
Evaluate your staffing. If you’ve had the wrong person in your support role, that could have caused your broken trust.
Clarify your wants. Strong admins always want to put action to your ideas. If you want to brainstorm rather than move into action, make that clear.
Recognize another type? Most leaders have two:
