S1E38 - Being Strategic WITHOUT Knowing It All - How to Lead the Experts on Your Team

One of the most common things I hear from leaders is this: "I'm struggling to lead someone on my team because they know so much more about this subject than I do." I hear it from new managers. I hear it from senior executives. And every time, I have to tell them the same thing - that's not a leadership problem. That's a leadership fallacy.

The higher you go, the more you will be leading people who know more than you about their specific domain. That is not a weakness. That is the job. And...