How do you strike the balance between giving a team autonomy and providing guidance?

In the latest instalment of Leadership: Your Questions Answered, FW's Astrid Edwards is joined by FW’s Ruby Leahy Gatfield. They discuss staying focused in uncertainty, balancing team autonomy with guidance, overcoming resistance to change, and handling workplace conflicts.

Question 1: How do you maintain your energy, ambition, and focus over the long haul and in times of uncertainty?

Question 2: How do you strike a nice balance between giving a team autonomy and providing guidance to ensure success?

Question 3: I am after some advice around making my own processes in a new company, the other managers who have been around for longer are giving me 'computer says no'. I have low hanging fruit wins! And I feel very unable to change things up for the better. What would you do?

Question 4: I’ve been feeling like the go-between—getting pulled into meetings not because it’s part of my role, but because two colleagues can’t seem to work things out directly. I wish they could communicate better without needing me in the middle. Any tips?

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