Teach everyone everything. For real.


Photo by Steven Aguilar on Unsplash Hey Leader, As a store manager, I taught my team how to do everything. There were very few things that only I could do. I wrote the schedules. I made sure people were being paid correctly. I signed off on new hires. But run-of-the-mill daily tasks can usually be handled by anyone. Heck, I even taught some of my salespeople how to call IT and troubleshoot problems. They always asked me first. I'd see what I could do, but then I'd tell them to call and tell...