Your team wants more direction, not less.

Autonomy = explicit standards + the freedom to execute.

“What are the standards for the team?”

It’s an innocent enough question that I ask all the time on coaching calls.

What continues to surprise me is the responses I get.

I’ve yet to come across a leader that has explicitly defined the standards for their team. And why would they? It’s not an obvious thing to do when you’re worried about pipeline, metrics,…