Laissez-faire is not delegation

The trap: calling absence empowerment. Active leadership still leaves fingerprints A delegated task should still show the leader's work: a named outcome, boundaries, decision rights, and a way to surface risk. The leader does not own every move, but the system for ownership is visible. Passive leadership creates hidden costs When leaders avoid involvement, teams fill the gap with assumptions. Strong people may over-function. Quiet risks stay quiet. Later, the leader returns as a critic, which damages trust because the standard was never made clear. The useful distinction Ask whether people could explain the outcome, the owner, the constraints, and…

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