Why Leaders Don’t Fix and Fixers Don’t Lead

Leaders, do you ever feel like you are working too hard for your employees and they aren’t taking enough ownership and responsibility for their own performance? If so, you might be a “fix-it” leader and are rescuing your employees instead of leading them.

This essay is outstanding as an interpretation of the leadership versus management control dichotomy that is beginning to play out in numerous organizations (whether they realize it or not). And it adds a new dimension, as well, that enriches its usefulness. I follow this appreciatively all the way to the end, including the last sentence, but take…