Why Your Team is Waiting to be Told What to do

Why Your Team is Waiting to be Told What to do

June 3, 2026 · 16 min · Episode 70

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Kate explores why teams often wait to be told what to do and how leaders can shift this pattern.

In part two of a three-part miniseries on why it still all comes back to you, Kate explores why teams often wait to be told what to do, and how leaders are inadvertently reinforcing the pattern. She outlines the cost of centralised judgment - leaders becoming the organisation’s bottleneck - and offers three shifts to build ownership while protecting quality. Episode Highlights: 00:00 Why Teams Wait 00:39 Welcome and Setup 01:17 The Linda Problem 01:39 Waiting Is Learned 02:37 What Waiting Looks Like 03:51 How Leaders Teach Waiting 06:08 The Quality Control Dilemma 06:58 Shift One Boundaries 08:13 Shift Two Coaching 09:19 Shift Three Debrief 10:36 Staying Consistent Under Pressure 11:48 Two Diagnostic Tests 12:42 Three Actions Next Week 14:02 Wrap Up and Next Steps 14:34 Outro and Subscribe Useful links: The Digital Academy Online Course Free Resources and more information on Kate's coaching programmes Buy the "How to Lead" book Connect with Kate on LinkedIn Follow Kate on TikTok Contact Kate https://www.waterfallhill.co.uk/links

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