That’s how I define a self-correcting team™.   There are other important elements, but the bottom line is can your team execute flawlessly in your absence?

That’s critical because you have other strategic, highly valuable things to attend to (leading the initiative, being client facing, getting buy-in from key stakeholders, fill in the blank), and if you’re in the weeds, playing referee, making sure that work is done correctly, fixing mistakes, you can’t be where you need to be.

The biggest obstacle to building a self-correcting team™?

You.

Because it’s easier, as many clients have told me, to just do something yourself rather than delegate it to someone else.

And, you know what?

It is.

In that moment when you’re under the gun, when you’re meeting a deadline, and it just has to get done, it’s easier.

But if you implement what I call controlled delegation, you’ll be putting one of the most fundamental building blocks of self-correcting teams™ in place.

And instead of saving moments in your day, you’ll be gaining back hours in your week.

For more on building self-correcting teams™, you can reach me at sarah@sarah-levitt.com

My new book, Magnificent Leadership, has a practical application section dedicated assessing yourself and your team.  Go here to Amazon to get your copy.  Marshall Goldsmith calls it, “A great read for all leaders and leaders-to-be.”

For more on working with me directly to elevate your leadership performance and drive business outcomes, you can reach me at sarah@sarah-levitt.com   My clients are CEOs and Fortune 1000 senior executives who are successful, talented, ambitious, and have the desire to be magnificent.

For information on booking me to keynote at your annual meeting, national conference, or global leadership summit, you can reach me at sarah@sarah-levitt.com   If your event needs a dynamic speaker who’s described as truly inspirational and highly practical, I’m booking into 2019 now.  My most popular keynote is “Magnificent Leadership® – Keys to Success.”  And I’m just back from Nashville where I delivered another of my most popular keynotes, “Building Self-Correcting™ Teams – the Heart of Innovation” at the Break/Through Conference of the Association of Financial Professionals.

Note: Special Opportunity in Charlotte on May 31!  I’m hosting a regional meeting of The Society for the Advancement of Consulting where Alan Weiss, author of Million Dollar Consulting, will be conducting the morning session and delivering a preview of his new IP on business and entrepreneurship that he’s presenting at special workshops in London and Adelaide.  He’ll be joined in the afternoon by thought leaders delivering breakout sessions.  Go here for more information and to reserve your spot.