One of the things I learnt as I grew up as a Manager was to get the monkey out of my back. What is a Monkey, you might ask?
This article talks about it and this one explains it quite well on not to feed the monkey.
“Monkeys” are the problems, issues, or challenges your employees bring you that somehow become your responsibility to manage and solve. Instead of the monkeys stopping by your office for a quick visit and going back home with their owners, they end up taking residence and you become responsible for their ongoing care.
So, what happens?
I liked feeding monkeys because I thought I was helping people solve problems. Over time, I learned my good intentions were actually handicapping my employees from learning how to solve their own problems, resulting in me being overloaded with work.
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