Track 3: Development & Delegation
Session 16

The Growth You're Accidentally Blocking

How efficiency prevents development

Track 3

Development & Delegation

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Session Overview

Leaders often choose efficiency over development. When someone struggles, it is faster to do it yourself. When a decision is needed, it is easier to decide. When an answer is required, it is quicker to provide it. Every efficiency choice blocks a development opportunity. This session reveals how leaders accidentally prevent the growth they claim to want.

The Leadership Pattern This Session Interrupts

Under pressure, leaders prioritize output over development. Tasks get done, but capability does not grow. Over time, leaders stay essential because they never let others struggle through the learning curve.

The Behavior We Install

Protect development opportunities even when efficiency is tempting.

Why This Behavior Matters Under Pressure

Pressure rewards speed. Development requires slowness. Leaders who optimize for short-term efficiency sacrifice long-term capability. Protecting development opportunities is an investment that pays back in reduced dependency and increased capacity.

The Session Experience

Leaders identify where they are choosing efficiency over growth. We practice creating space for struggle without abandoning support. Leaders commit to protecting one development opportunity under pressure.

Session Outcomes

  • Accelerated team development
  • Reduced leader dependency
  • Stronger capability over time
  • Leaders who invest in growth, not just output
  • A culture that values learning under pressure

GDD Anchors

Know vs Grow
No Rescue
Development Discipline
For vs From

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