Complete the sentences with the words from the box

empowerment · micromanage · bottleneck · decision rights · signing off on on everything · micromanager · autonomy · check up on · let go · entrust · hand over responsibility

• A true leader tries never to ____ their team members on daily tasks.
• If your boss is a notorious ____ , nobody in the department can work independently.
• Senior executives must learn how to ____ important tasks to capable subordinates.
• Before going on vacation to Florida, he had to ____ to his deputy.
• Providing employees with greater ____ leads to higher job satisfaction in Boston.
• Junior managers often lack the necessary ____ to approve large expenditures.
• When a leader insists on ____ everything, projects in London grind to a halt.
• She became a ____ manager because she refused to delegate simple approvals.
• Learning to ____ of control is the hardest part of becoming a senior director.
• True team ____ occurs when staff members solve complex problems without asking.
• Good managers check in regularly without needing to ____ every single hour.

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