Knowing When To Step Back

Movement and Meaning
Written By David Smith
Black-and-white photograph of a subway train entering an underground station, viewed from the platform with tracks receding into a tunnel.

Stand clear

In busy systems, the instinct is often to add direction—another opinion, another instruction, another intervention. Yet some work already has momentum and does not need additional steering.

Good leadership lies in recognising when involvement adds value and when it interferes. Progress does not always come from pushing harder. At times, it comes from stepping back and allowing what is already in motion to continue.

David R. Smith

David Smith
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