Out of orders

One of my favourite leadership quotes is hidden within Frank Herbert’s Dune : “Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. &ldquo;Once you&rsquo;ve given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.” Said differently, if you always tell your team what to do, they become reliant on your instructions, and you become the bottleneck for all progress. I…