Corner Office: Good Leaders Know People — Including Oneself

As leaders we need to choose staff members we can trust and then judge their work based on whether it accomplishes the goal, not on whether they produce it exactly as we would have. A coach empowers his team to do what it's been equipped to do, but he resists the temptation to do it for his team members. He does not compete on the field with the players but creates the plan and works with the players so they can carry it out. A coach creates a team environment with clear goals and a strong culture of teamwork in which they can succeed.