Business owners want their employees to step up at work without fear. The problem is that they don’t always let them step up. Not on purpose, but take Marcus asked his employees for new ideas. But not bad ideas. But he didn’t know which ideas were good or bad. So he rejected all the ideas. So they stopped bringing him ideas. And then he complained that he had to do it all. I enforced their company mission statement as a filter for making decisions about good idea vs bad idea. Marcus is starting to let go, letting his employee Sarah run a new test project, And I only let him check in with her weekly, not daily. Or hourly. He is learning to trust his people. I’m a referral for Jane who makes promotional products and wants employees to share creative giveaway ideas. Ask her what her favorite branded object is, and whose idea it was.