OJ Kerr identifies the problem with leaders who tend to follow a tweak, redo, and overcorrect style of management.
“Why don’t they just take initiative?”
If you’ve ever asked yourself this about your team, you’re not alone.
We hear this all the time from high-achieving leaders we coach—smart, driven professionals who care deeply about getting things right.
Here’s the twist:
👉 Many of these leaders have a hard time accepting work that doesn’t match their standards.
👉 So they step in. Tweak. Redo. Overcorrect.
👉 And over time? The team stops trying.
Why?
Because when everything gets reworked, two big things happen:
People feel like they can’t win.
Psychological safety disappears.
And without safety, there’s no risk-taking. No creativity. No initiative.
Just… compliance.
Here’s the reframe:
✨If someone on your team could deliver at your exact level, they probably wouldn’t be your direct report—they’d be your peer.
✨Your job isn’t to clone yourself. It’s to develop others.
That means:
✨Letting good work be good enough (even if it’s not your style)
✨Coaching through mistakes, not just correcting them
What would shift if you focused less on being perfect—and more on building capability?
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