One of your key objectives as a research group leader is enabling the success of others. This requires you to hand over authority to them and enable them to become independent. As well as putting into practice our materials on delegation, have a think more generally about how you can develop your team members’ autonomy.
Developing autonomy - the continuum of leadership
Our video describes a simple and very effective model for planning how you will adapt your approach to develop people’s independence.
The opposite of giving autonomy is micromanagement – read about how to identify and stop micromanaging, which can be damaging to team performance.
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