Solving people’s problems isn’t always helpful.
If you do this all the time, you become the bottleneck. You end up doing all the thinking. Your team stops thinking for themselves.
This means:
👉 You reduce team contribution
👉 You increase dependence on you
👉 You may end up frustrated and overloaded
So next time someone brings you a problem, hold back on providing a solution.
Move them away from learned helplessness. Ask: “What do you think?”
Listen. Coach them. Let them figure it out.
Stop solving their problems.
