𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘁: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽

• 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀?

• 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹?

• 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂?

Too many founders get stuck as the 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗸—solving every problem, making every decision, and holding everything together.

The irony? The 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂.

The result?

• 𝗔 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿.

• 𝗔 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱.

• 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽.

But here’s the shift: 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽.

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝘁:

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹

❌ Keeping financials and issues hidden → Teams operate in the dark.

✅ Sharing real numbers and situation → Employees take ownership.

📍 At Reason, we used to shield financials from our team. The result? They executed tasks but never owned problems. When we shared real numbers, everything changed. Suddenly, they weren’t just employees—they were decision-makers.

𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 (𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹)

Fear of failure keeps employees in 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲 instead of 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺-𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲. The best teams aren’t afraid of making the wrong call—they are afraid of 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.

𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵

Saying “my door is always open” is meaningless if employees 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁. In businesses where 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘆, leaders hear what they 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 to hear—not just what they 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 to hear.

𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲

Too often, teams are rewarded for 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻. The strongest organisations celebrate those who 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘁, because the best ideas often come from unexpected places.

The Business Impact:

✅ Leaders reclaim time & mental space.

✅ Teams become engaged problem-solvers.

✅ The business scales—without every decision relying on one person.

📢 𝗦𝗼, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁? 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

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