So, you run a successful business.  You have a team of people that you pay to take on specific tasks and responsibilities.  So far, so good.  What happens though when you don’t or won’t delegate anything?  You end up with a classic case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing. 

As the owner of the business, you are intimately acquainted with your business.  You know that most of the time, if you want something done, you’re better off doing it yourself.  You know that your decisions are the right ones and let’s face it; no one else is capable of doing what you do. 

If you haven’t seen the new A-team film yet, I recommend it. As a child of the 80’s (okay, okay late 70’s) I remember the original series very well and thoroughly loved every episode. The new film got me thinking though, about leadership and how important it is. Yes, the old cliché is true about there being no I in team. But if you take the team leader out of the equation, what are you left with?

Liam Neeson as Col. John ‘Hannibal’ Smith has some valuable leadership lessons to teach anyone who sets themselves up to be a team leader. I’ll try not to be too much of a plot-spoiler!

He establishes his authority. Right at the beginning of the film, BA doesn’t believe Hannibal would shoot him. Wrong.