The hardest work you'll do as a leader is developing people, not strategy. I know how good it feels to be needed, but if every hard call has to run through me, I haven't built a strong team. I've built a bottleneck. Developing people requires more than encouragement or handing out tasks. It means sharing the context behind decisions, trusting others with real authority, giving honest feedback, and letting them make mistakes you could have prevented. That's uncomfortable, especially when doing it yourself would be faster. But the goal isn't to be the hero who saves the day. It's to build people who can lead, solve problems, and lift others up without you. In short, your job as a leader is to make yourself less necessary.