"Lead, don’t manage. Then watch them rise to the standard.”

 – Kipp Sorensen

You think your job is getting the project done. Getting the room clean. Hitting the deadline. Closing the deal.

It's not.

Your job is building the person who does those things. And if you're so fixated on the outcome that you forget who's executing it, you've already lost.

Micromanaging tells them the task matters more than they do. It says you don't trust them. That they're just hands, not a mind. Not a leader in training.

Your job as a dad isn't to have a kid with a clean room right now. It's raising a kid who's believed in and trusted enough to take ownership. A kid who's whole, capable, confident, teachable, and who trusts you back.

Your job as a leader isn't a flawless operation. It's building people who can think, adapt, and execute without you breathing down their neck.

Men are so focused on the operational outcome they lose sight of the strategic play: investing in the person doing the work.

Lead, don’t manage. Then watch them rise to the standard.