My advice is to accept that few people — especially those who believe they know more than you do — enjoy being told what to do. The trick is to seek out high va

My advice is to accept that few people — especially those who believe they know more than you do — enjoy being told what to do. The trick is to seek out high value opportunities from your best and most knowledgeable (i.e. influential) reports, then to move the earth to make space and time for them to execute. Leadership happens on the floor. Don’t expect your vision to be shared amongst your reports.